To attach: jeopardy attaches after a capital case has been adjudicated, it cannot be retried; to annex, bind, fasten, as in attaching evidence to the complaint; to seize under legal authority. Black's Law Dictionary is somewhere online, and definitions can be found at law libraries.
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No, there is no specific law or regulation that requires each word to have a definition in the dictionary that perfectly aligns with its usage. Dictionaries are descriptive rather than prescriptive, meaning they reflect how language is used rather than dictating how it should be used. Language is constantly evolving, so some words may have multiple meanings or may be used differently than their traditional definitions in formal or informal settings.
Yes. Real estate and real property are synonymous meaning land and and any improvements made to the land such as anything growing on it, permanently attached to or erected on it. Included is the bundle of rights attached to the property. Black's Law Dictionary lists real property as the primary term. Another term is realty. The legal meaning in the United States is based on English Common Law.
I cannot find the word "elect" in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Code of Canon Law, or Modern Catholic Dictionary, so I am assuming that the word has no special assigned meaning in the Catholic Church.
A word that means to pass a bill into law is "enact".
Black's Law Dictionary was created in 1891.
The word jurisdiction (authority) is from the Latin juris(jura, plural of jus) meaning "law".
what is the word meaning "thing", in law
Black's Law is Black's Law Dictionary. It is the most used law dictionary in America and was created by Henry Campbell Black.
Legal or judicial.
relating to a written law that is on the books
law