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• Jurisdiction
  *1 : the [[power]], right, or [[authority]] to [[interpret]] and apply the [[law]] *2 a : the [[authority]] of a [[sovereign]] power to govern or legislate
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• Vigilante
  ...who undertakes law enforcement without [[legal]] [[authority]] or illegal authority. "Vigilante justice" is rationalized by the [[idea]] that adequate legal [[mechanisms]] for criminal punishment are either nonexistent or insufficie
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• Kidnapping
  ...rg/wiki/Child_custody child custody] dispute. When it is done with legal [[authority]], it is often called [[arrest]] or imprisonment. ...[[divorced]] or legally separated, whereupon the parent who does not have legal custody will [[commit]] the act, also known as "childnapping").
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• Divorce
  ...ries, divorce requires the sanction of a judge or other [[authority]] in a legal [[process]]. ...] is [[law]], this allows each partner to marry another. Where polygyny is legal, divorce allows the woman to marry another.
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• Valid
  ...ficacy or [[force]]; especially : [[executed]] with the proper [[legal]] [[authority]] and formalities <a valid contract> ...implies being supported by [[objective]] [[truth]] or generally accepted [[authority]] <a valid reason for being absent>
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• Command
  ...the [[authority]] [[bestowed]]. Naval and military officers have a legal [[authority]] by [[virtue]] of their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioned_office ...es over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. Command includes the authority and responsibility for effectively using available resources and for planni
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• Sexism
  ...usband]] and [[wife]] are one person in [[law]]; that is the very being or legal [[existence]] of the [[woman]] is [[suspended]] during the marriage". U.S. In many countries, women still lose significant legal rights at marriage. For example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen Yemen
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• Usurper
  ...rench usorper, from [[Latin]] usurpare to take [[possession]] of without [[legal]] claim, from usu (abl. of usus use) + rapere to seize ...ing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_vires ultra vires], outside his [[authority]] or [[jurisdiction]].
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• Complaint
  ...aint''' is a [[formal]] legal [[document]] that sets out the [[facts]] and legal reasons (see: cause of [[action]]) that the filing party or parties (the pl ...t. All criminal cases are prosecuted in the [[name]] of the governmental [[authority]] that promulgates criminal statutes and enforces the [https://en.wikipedia
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• Law
  ...legal'' comes from the Latin word ''lex''. [https://www.m-w.com/dictionary/legal Merriam-Webster's Dictionary] ...system of rules", as an "interpretive concept to achieve justice, as in "[[authority]]" to mediate people's conflicting interests, and even as "the command of a
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• Authority
  ...r to punish a criminal, such as through lynching, only the courts have the authority to order capital punishment. ...rity''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Authority this link].</center>
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• Children
  ...ority. "Child" may also describe a [[relationship]] with a [[parent]] or [[authority]] figure, or signify [[group]] membership in a clan, [[tribe]], or [[religi ==Legal definitions==
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• Summons
  *1: the act of summoning; especially : a call by [[authority]] to [[appear]] at a place named or to attend to a [[duty]] ...'''summons''' (also known in England and Wales as a ''claim form'') is a [[legal]] [[document]] issued by a [[court]] (a judicial summons) or by an [[admini
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• Indictment
  *1:a: the [[action]] or the [[legal]] [[process]] of indicting 2: a [[formal]] [[written]] [[statement]] framed by a prosecuting [[authority]] and found by a [[jury]] (as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Jury g
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• Custody
  ...trol]] (as over a ward or a suspect) [[exercised]] by a [[person]] or an [[authority]]; also : safekeeping ...uardianship are [[legal]] terms which are sometimes used to describe the [[legal]] and [[practical]] [[relationship]] between a [[parent]] and his or her c
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• Crime
  '''Crime''' is the breach of rules or [[laws]] for which some [[governing]] [[authority]] (via [[mechanisms]] such as police [[power]]) ultimately prescribes a [[c ...ed]] or stricter [[systems]] of social [[control]]. With institutional and legal [[machinery]] at their disposal, [[agents]] of the State can compel [[popul
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• Bill of Rights
  ...legal bill of rights recognized by the government in principle holds more authority than the legislative bodies alone. An unentrenched bill of rights, on the o * [https://web.onetel.com/~isr/Business%20and%20the%20political-legal%20environment.htm#Rights A New British Bill of Rights: The Case For]
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• Marriage
  ...here illegitimacy means only that the mother is unmarried and has no other legal implications, a legitimacy-based definition of marriage is circular. He pro '''Marriage''' is a [[social]] [[union]] or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an [[institution]] in w
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• Desertion
  ...aking, or abandoning, esp. a [[person]] or [[thing]] that has [[moral]] or legal claims to the deserter's [[support]]; sometimes simply, abandonment of or d ...he wilful abandonment of an employment or of [[duty]], in violation of a [[legal]] or [[moral]] [[obligation]]; esp. such abandonment of the [[military]] or
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• Chain of command
  *1: a [[series]] of positions of [[military]] or civil [[authority]] such that each holder is directly [[responsible]] to, and takes his order In a [[military]] [[context]], the '''chain of command''' is the line of [[authority]] and responsibility along which orders are passed within a military unit a
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• Taxation
  ...[[financial]] charge or other levy upon a taxpayer (an [[individual]] or [[legal]] entity) by a [[state]] or the [[functional]] equivalent of a state such t ...n, but an enforced [[contribution]], exacted pursuant to [[legislative]] [[authority]]" and is "any contribution imposed by government […] whether under the n
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• Dictum
  ...r [[belief]] considered authoritative though not binding, because of the [[authority]] of the person making it. ...multiple subtypes of ''dicta'', although due to their overlapping nature, legal practitioners in the U.S. colloquially use ''dicta'' to refer to any [[stat
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• Arrest
  *2: seize, capture; specifically : to take or keep in [[custody]] by [[authority]] of [[law]] ...n the above sense are that there must be an [[intent]] to arrest under the authority, accompanied by a seizure or detention of the person in the [[manner]] know
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• Charisma
  ...her two being [[traditional]] (feudal) authority and legal or [[rational]] authority. According to Weber, charisma is defined thus:
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• Bureaucracy
  ...ation of [[functions]], adherence to fixed rules, and a [[hierarchy]] of [[authority]] ...work that the assembly line brought to the factory. With the hierarchical authority and functional a specialization, they made possible the efficient undertaki
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• Patriarchy
  ...rked by the supremacy of the [[father]] in the [[clan]] or [[family]], the legal dependence of [[wives]] and [[children]], and the reckoning of descent and ...which the [[father]] or eldest [[male]] is head of the household, having [[authority]] over [[women]] and [[children]]. Patriarchy also refers to a [[system]] o
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• Invocation
  :b : a calling upon for [[authority]] or justification *3: an [[act]] of legal or [[moral]] implementation : enforcement
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• Court
  ...a [[governmental]] [[institution]], with the [[authority]] to adjudicate [[legal]] disputes and dispense civil, [[criminal]], or administrative justice in a In the United States, the legal authority of a court to take action is based on three pillars of power over the parti
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• Appeal
  *1 : a [[legal]] proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher [[court]] for revie *3 a : an application (as to a recognized [[authority]]) for corroboration, vindication, or [[decision]]
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• Self Governance
  ...ion of the [[inhabitants]] of a political unit rather than by an outside [[authority]]; broadly : control of one's own affairs ...e necessary [[functions]] of [[power]] without [[intervention]] from any [[authority]] which they cannot themselves alter. Self rule is associated then in conte
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• Dominion
  *2: [[supreme]] [[authority]] : [[sovereignty]] ...e phrase Her Majesty's Dominions is still used occasionally in current-day legal documents in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingd
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• Indictments
  *1 a : the [[action]] or the [[legal]] [[process]] of indicting b : the [[state]] of being indicted *2 : a [[formal]] [[written]] [[statement]] framed by a prosecuting [[authority]] and found by a [[jury]] (as a grand jury) charging a [[person]] with an o
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• Convention
  *3. a. The action of summoning before a judge or other [[person]] in [[authority]]. Obs. ...amed the federal constitution in 1787; also, to a [[body]] meeting under [[authority]] of Congress to frame a constitution for a new [[state]], or convened by a
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• Principal
  *1: a person who has controlling [[authority]] or is in a [[leading]] position: as a : a chief or head man or woman ...ol]] and instruction; specifically : the person from whom an [[agent]]'s [[authority]] derives
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• Evacuation
  ...s]], town, position). Said also of the general in [[command]], or of the [[authority]] that orders the withdrawal. ...d, annul, deprive of [[force]] or validity. Chiefly in [[religious]] and [[legal]] phraseology.
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• Fatherhood
  *3. [[Authority]] of or as of a father in various senses; paternal authority, headship. Obs. ===Authority figure===
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• Sui Generis
  ==Legal applications== In [[law]], it is a term of [[art]] used to identify a legal classification that exists independently of other categorizations because o
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• Riot
  ...s]] lashing out in a sudden and [[intense]] rash of [[violence]] against [[authority]], [[property]] or people. While [[individuals]] may attempt to lead or [[c ...religions]], the outcome of a sporting [[event]] or [[frustration]] with [[legal]] channels through which to air grievances.
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• Taboo
  ...are put into place to avoid disrespect to any given [[authority]], be it [[legal]], [[moral]] and/or [[religious]]. An example of use in this [[context]] is
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• Refugees
  ...n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugee Palestinian refugees] under the [[authority]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Relief_and_Works_Age
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• Treaty
  ...[representatives]] duly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking [[authority]] of the [[state]] ...n a [[limited]] number of states, most commonly only two, [[establishing]] legal rights and obligations between those two states only. It is possible howeve
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• Genocide
  While a precise definition varies among '''genocide''' [[scholars]], a [[legal]] definition is found in the 1948 United Nations [https://en.wikipedia.org/ ...International Criminal Court] came into existence in 2002 and it has the [[authority]] to try people from the states that have signed the treaty, but to date it
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• 37:8 Higher Spirit Orders of Assignment
  ...not thus assigned, we of the [[local universes]] have [[absolutely]] no [[authority]] over them, but even then these [[unique]] [[beings]] are always willing t ...dex.php?title=Paper_25#25:4._TECHNICAL_ADVISERS Technical Advisers], the [[legal]] [[minds]] of the realm, we have our quota, about one-half billion. These
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• Guild
  ...of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_patent letters patent] by an [[authority]] or monarch to enforce the [[flow]] of trade to their self-employed member ...ystems was growing rapidly and making its way into the [[political]] and [[legal]] system. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx Karl Marx] in his [https
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• Pardon
  ...d of [[state]], such as a monarch or president, or by a competent church [[authority]]. ''Commutation'' is an associated term, [[meaning]] the lessening of the ...ten granted so that people can hand in weapons to the police without any [[legal]] [[Examination|questions]] being asked as to where they obtained them/why
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• Betrothal
  ...was a [[formal]] [[contract]], blessed or officiated by a [[religious]] [[authority]]. Betrothal was binding as [[marriage]] and a [[divorce]] was [[necessary] ...als could be concluded with only the vows spoken by the couple, they had [[legal]] implications; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England Richa
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• 2012-03-15-Politics
  ...reate and promulgate laws--rules of human behavior, they have the physical authority by way of police and, on an international level, the military, to enforce t ...e behavior around them--what is legal, what is not, and even what is extra-legal--what is generally being done irrespective of the laws.
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• Probability
  ...ves from [[probity]], a measure of the [[authority]] of a [[witness]] in a legal case in Europe, and often correlated with the witness's nobility. In a sens ...ible people would undertake or hold, in the circumstances."[4] However, in legal contexts especially, 'probable' could also apply to propositions for which
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• Roman law
  ...[[530]]). Roman law as preserved in Justinian's codes became the basis of legal practice in the ''[[Byzantine Empire]]'' and&mdash;later&mdash;in continent ...of Roman law is shown by the wealth of legal terminology, retained by all legal systems, like ''[[stare decisis]]'', ''culpa in contrahendo''<ref>In German
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• Sovereignty
  ...ority, subject to no other, and most often the [[head of state]]. Thus the legal maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign." ...nd in certain context to various organs (such as courts of law) possessing legal jurisdiction in their own chief, rather than by mandate or under supervisio
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