From Longman Business Dictionaryde‧cree /dɪˈkriː/ noun [countable]1a judgement made in a court of law after a CIVIL actionThe council had already been successful in obtaining a court decree against the former MP. What is an example of a decree? The definition of a decree is an...
They also fought against a law in Montenegro that would have lowered standards. Groundwork Rachel described their ATI Network project to equip participants with three strategies: Advocacy – the act of persuading or arguing in support of specific clause or policy. The audience here is the general...
(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law. Persuasion The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. Conviction (uncountable) The sta...
A confession of judgment is a means to bypass typical court proceedings when settling a dispute. It is used to evade a prolonged legal undertaking. A confession of judgment is a written contract that's signed by the defendant. In signing the contract, the defendant takes responsibility and ...
Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular action or behavior that is deemed undesirable or unacceptable...
This article presents a synthetic and structured view of the determination of law, aligned with the line of thought named methodical realism, which I subscribe. It also offers a critical view of other ius-philosophical lines of thought, which oppose to this rational method of finding what is ...
A sentence is the judgment passed by a court specifying the punishment for a convicted individual, while a penalty is a punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract, not limited to legal contexts.
Judgment proof (or judgement proof) refers to a person who does not have enough income or assets to pay a court judgment against them. A debtor who is broke and unemployed can be considered judgment proof, as can one whose only assets or income fall into certain legally protected categories....
For the winner of a lawsuit, a court judgment is only the first step in getting the money they are owed. Actually collecting the money from thedebtorcan be a long, arduous, and not always successful, process. However, judgments are legally enforceable. So, if the debtor does not voluntaril...
In contrast, an involuntary lien is one imposed by law, such as a tax lien that the government initiates for a failure to pay taxes.1 When there is a lien against your property, you cannot legally sell it until you settle the amount you owe. ...