In Spanish law. An order emanating from the sovereign, and differing from a cedula only in form and in the mode of its promulgation. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 93, note. … [Read more...]

Sometimes referred to as the reasonable man standard; it is the amount of care that an ordinary and reasonably prudent person of average intelligence would use under a set of circumstances. … [Read more...]

A collection of Spanish law promulgated by the Cortes in the year 1348. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 75. … [Read more...]

That which is customary and practiced within business in the usual matter. A contract term to denote the generally accepted manner in which business is conducted with regard to something more specific. … [Read more...]

(I) A decision that is issued by a court which can include an instruction, such as requiring a witness answer a question. It can also be another word for a decision after a hearing that directs a party either perform or refrain from some act. For example, the issuance of a temporary restraining order after a hearing on whether a husband was a danger to a wife. An order is … [Read more...]