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it was agreed that a master glossary of all terms typical of those used in any member state would be compiled. This glossary is the result of that effort. It represents a compilation of terms drawn from: Glossary of Selected Legal Terms, English-Vietnamese, Office of the Administrator for the Courts, State of Washington
Comparison of Civil-Law and Common-Law Systems (IV) • Judges - Role in trials. * Civil-Law → elevated role * Common-Law → «referee» - Judicial attitudes. *Civil-Law → mere appliers of the law * Common-Law → search creatively for an answer - Selection and training. * Civil-Law → a part of the civil service
Legal practitioners in England and Roman system thought in terms of types of action. Roman law and medieval common law were both dominated by procedural thinking. In both systems, the rules of substantive law emerged later from procedural law.
subjects such a news, politics, or the legal system; it is displayed in reverse chronological order. BONA FIDE Latin: “In good faith.” Genuine. BOUNDARY The physical limits of a parcel of real estate as described in a deed; a property line. BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENT An agreement by and between adjacent landowners fixing the property line.
Common law is a body of law derived from judicial decisions (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law or case law) as distinct from statutes or constitutions, and distinct from a civil law system and ecclesiastical law; in common law jurisdictions, it is the basic system of legal concepts, together with the techniques of applying them ...
language: a language of legal texts (law-making instruments), and a language of legal practice and legal science. Nevertheless, the very distinction is not free of controversies, being more
Common Law: The body of law derived from cases, rather than a statutes. Conclusory: A conclusory statement asserts a conclusion but omits supporting analysis.
