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On red letter days, judges of the English High Court (King's Bench Division) wear, at sittings of the Court of Law, their scarlet robes (see court dress). [3] Red letter days for these purposes are a fixed selection of saints' days (sometimes coinciding with the traditional start or end dates of the legal terms during which sittings of the High Court take place) and of national celebrations ...
Canadian law is based on British law and black-letter law is the principles of law accepted by the majority of judges in most provinces and territories. [citation needed] Sometimes it is referred to as "hornbook law" meaning treatise or textbook, often relied upon as authoritative, competent, and generally accepted in the field of Canadian law.
In the United States, a red flag law (named after the idiom red flag meaning “warning sign“; also known as a risk-based gun removal law, [1]) is a gun law that permits a state court to order the temporary seizure of firearms (and other items regarded as dangerous weapons, in some states) from a person who they believe may present a danger.
In the United States, Vermont passed a similar Red Flag Law in 1894, only to repeal it two years later. [2] This law stated that "[t]he owner or person in charge of a carriage, vehicle or engine propelled by steam, except road rollers" must have a "person of mature age [...] at least one-eight of a mile in advance of" the vehicle, to warn those with livestock of its impending arrival.
Sanctuary state's 'green light' law is red flag for Americans' safety, national security: experts. Michael Ruiz. February 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM.
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Violating the perceived intention of the law has been found to affect people's judgments of culpability above and beyond violations of the letter of the law such that (1) a person can violate the letter of the law (but not the spirit) and not incur culpability, (2) a person can violate the spirit of the law and incur culpability, even without ...
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