Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Restraining order — A restraining order or order of protection is a form of legal injunction that requires a party to do, or to refrain from doing, certain acts. A party that refuses to comply with an order faces criminal or civil penalties and may have to pay… … Wikipedia
Restraining Acts 1775 — The Restraining Acts were two acts passed in 1775 by the Parliament of Great Britain in response to the unrest in Massachusetts and overall colonial boycott on British goods conducted by the Continental Congress early in the American Revolution.… … Wikipedia
disabling statutes — The statutes, also called the restraining statutes passed in the reign of Elizabeth which curbed the leasing of lands by the church and by eleemosynary corporations, and resulted in the turning over to Elizabeth of much valuable land by the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
disabling statutes — English acts of parliament, restraining and regulating the exercise of a right or the power of alienation; the term is specially applied to 1 Eliz., c. 19, and similar acts restraining the power of ecclesiastical corporations to make leases … Black's law dictionary
disabling statutes — English acts of parliament, restraining and regulating the exercise of a right or the power of alienation; the term is specially applied to 1 Eliz., c. 19, and similar acts restraining the power of ecclesiastical corporations to make leases … Black's law dictionary
enlarging statute — A statute is a remedial statute, according to Blackstone (1 Bl Comm 86), which supplies defects, and abridges superfluities, in the former law. This is done by enlarging or restraining the former law, and these remedial statutes are therefore… … Ballentine's law dictionary
sumptuary laws — Statutes restraining luxury and extravagant expense in dress, diet, and the like. The sumptuary law of 1336, still in force in the time of Blackstone, provided that no man should be served at dinner or supper with more than two courses, except… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Gun laws in the United States (by state) — U.S. Firearms Legal Topics Assault weapons ban ATF Bureau Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Concealed carry in the U.S. Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban … Wikipedia
Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act — Old Parliament House, photographed in January 2006 An Act to provide for the maintenance of religious harmony and for establishing a Presidential Council for Religious Harmony and for matters conne … Wikipedia
United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… … Universalium
