In the colonial period and the Early Republic, laws required members of the public to possess certain arms and accoutrements. This post provides a glossary of all such items that are mentioned in any ...

Highly regulated operational sectors often have bountiful, and sometimes conflicting, defined terms that make all the difference in legal matters. The domestic and international transportation and ...

This glossary is adapted from a much more detailed listing found at uscourts.gov, the website of the United States Courts. It's brought to you by the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast. Acquittal: A jury ...

The Department of Justice today launched a combined English-Chinese glossary of legal terms to promote the development of legal bilingualism in Hong Kong. The combined glossary has more than 60,000 ...

June 17 (Reuters) - In the law, language matters. The outcome of a case can hinge on the definition of a word in a contract or statute – but who’s responsible for crafting the definitions? Sign up ...

UNHCR launched its master glossary of terms in June 2006 to address challenges around the use of different definitions and descriptions for the same concepts, in UNHCR publications. The first edition ...

Speaking on Wednesday at an event organised by the Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee of the Supreme Court to celebrate International Women’s Day, the CJI unveiled the ongoing ...