pleadings. A technical word properly used in indictments for a rout as descriptive of the offence. … [Read more...]

A U.S. Copyright Office Rule. This allows computer object code to be deposited with the office to register a copyright. The Office cannot read the code and thus disclaims that it is copyrighted but it is deposited as of that date and there will be no presumption that the code was copyrighted. … [Read more...]

L. Fr. The king. Roy est l'orlginal de touts franchises. Keilw. 138. The king is the origin of all franchises. : Roy Jt'est lie per aseun statute si 11 ue salt ezpressment uosmo. The king is not bound by any statute, unless expressly named. Jenk. Cent 807; Broom, Max. 72. Roy poet dispenser ore malum prohibitum, uaii non malum per se, Jenk. Cent 307. The king can grant a … [Read more...]

Rules of law are general maxims, formed by the courts, who having observed what is common to many particular cases, announce this conformity by a maxim, which is called a rule; because in doubtful and unforeseen cases, it is a rule for their decision; it embraces particular cases within general principles. … [Read more...]

Of or pertaining to or proceeding from the king or sovereign in a monarchical government Royal assent. The royal assent is the last form through which a bill goes previously to becoming an act of parliament It is, in the words of Lord Hale, "the complement and perfection of a law." The royal assent is given either by the queen in person or by royal commission by the queen … [Read more...]