law term
Britishnoun
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an expression or word used in law
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any of various periods of time appointed for the sitting of law courts
Example Sentences
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Salmond was suing the government for misfeasance - a civil law term that means the wrongful exercise of lawful authority - when he died in October 2024 while attending a conference in North Macedonia.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
It later emerged that messages had been exchanged between women complainers - a Scots law term for someone alleging that they are a victim of crime - and also between SNP staff members.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025
The former first minster has sued the government for misfeasance – a civil law term that means the wrongful exercise of lawful authority.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024
As commonly used nowadays this term is equivalent to "dunce," but it was originally employed as a law term.
From Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
"Overt act" is a law term, and practically means an open act as distinguished from one that is done in secret and under cover.
From The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)
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