The name of a maritime code. Vide Laws of Oleron. … [Read more...] about OLERON LAWS
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OFFENSE
A specific criminal charge, there may be higher and lesser offenses. See also offence. … [Read more...] about OFFENSE
OFFICER OF THE COURT
A person in the court who has some power to administer justice such as a judge and which also includes attorneys. … [Read more...] about OFFICER OF THE COURT
OFFENSIVE
In the law relating to nuisances and similar matters, this term means noxious, causing annoyance, discomfort, or painful or disagreeable sensations. As occasionally used in criminal law and statutes, an "offensive weapon" is primarily one. meant and adapted for attack and the infliction of injury, but practically the term includes anything that would come within the description … [Read more...] about OFFENSIVE
OFFICIAL
civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official. 2. In the canon law, the person to whom the bishop generally commits the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction, bears this name. … [Read more...] about OFFICIAL