a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for them in other legal matters. [1350–1400; Middle English lawyere] law′yer•ly,adj. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991...
Define Legal act. Legal act synonyms, Legal act pronunciation, Legal act translation, English dictionary definition of Legal act. n. 1. The act or process of legislating; lawmaking. 2. A proposed or enacted law or group of laws. American Heritage® Dic
COMMITTEE,practice.Whenapersonhasbeenfoundnoncompos,thelawrequiresthataguardianshouldbeappointedtotakecareofhispersonandestate;thisguardianiscalledthecommittee. 2. It isusualtoselectthecommitteefromthenextofkin;Shelf.onLun.137;andincaseofthelunacyofthehusbandorwife,theonewhoisofsoundmindisentitled,unlessunder...
Act (14 December 2007), the Parliamentary Elections Act (10 November 2008), the Education Act (15 August 2009), the Legal Profession and Legal Practice Act (10 May 2010) and the Presidential Elections Act and the People’s Council and Local Council Member Elections Act (25 September 2010)....
An act may be a private act, done by an individual managing his or her personal affairs, or it may be a public act, done by an official, a council, or a court. When a bill is favorably acted upon in the process of legislation, it becomes an act. West's Encyclopedia of American ...
They then met with the Minister on 21 September to report to the Minister on developments and on the work undertaken by the NF to pave the way for 'the effective and efficient implementation of the Act' by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) once it comes into effect.Whittle...
If you are walking and the sidewalk has not been adequately built or is broken, and you slip or fall and injure yourself, the local council has to take responsibility as they have not performed their job correctly. Get a lawyer In all these situations, you should hire the services of an...
The State Council, China's Cabinet, said it had established an Anti-monopoly Committee earlier this week. It will research and map out relevant laws, investigate and monitor enterprises and companies, assess the competition situation in the market and cooperate with other government bodies to enforc...
The police informed the local council social services department. However, a malicious council employee informed A’s husband of what A had said. Whilst the council was not held vicariously liable for the criminal acts of their employee. Her action against Bedford Police succeeded for breaches of...
It was not until the Victorian era, with visionaries such as John Austin, Jeremy Bentham, and Sir Henry Maine, that university liberal legal education became established at University College London and beyond, including the Council of Legal Education which was set up in 1852 (see Cocks1983,...