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STAPLE

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intern. law. The right of staple as exercised by a people upon foreign merchants, is defined to be, that they may not allow them to set their merchandises and wares to sale but in a certain place. 2. This practice is not in use in the United States. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In English law. A mart or market. A place where the buying and selling of wool, … [Read more...]

STATE OF THE CASE

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A narrative of the facts upon which the plaintiff relies substituted for a more formal declaration in suits in the inferior courts. The phrase is used in New Jersey. … [Read more...]

STAR CHAMBER

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Eng. law. A court which formerly had great jurisdiction and power, but which was abolished by stat. 16, C. I., c. 10, on account of its usurpations and great unpopularity. It consisted of several of the lords spiritual and temporal, being privy counselors, together with two judges of the courts of common law, without the intervention of a jury. Their legal jurisdiction extended … [Read more...]

STATE POLICE

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Police officers hired by the state to enforce state laws within the boundaries of the state. … [Read more...]

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