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error

(Encyclopedia)error, in law: see appeal.

process

(Encyclopedia)process, in law: see procedure.

information

(Encyclopedia)information, in law: see indictment. ...

suit

(Encyclopedia)suit, in law: see procedure.

swearing

(Encyclopedia)swearing, in law: see oath.

O'Connor, Basil

(Encyclopedia)O'Connor, Basil (Daniel Basil O'Connor), 1892–1972, American lawyer and philanthropic official, b. Taunton, Mass., grad. Harvard Law School, 1915. He practiced law in New York and Boston, entering i...

lettre de cachet

(Encyclopedia)lettre de cachet lĕˈtrə də käshāˈ [key], formerly in French law, private, sealed document, issued as a communication from the king. Such a letter could order imprisonment or exile for an indivi...

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