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4 days ago · Second Amendment, amendment to the Constitution of the United States, adopted in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, that provided a constitutional check on congressional power under Article I Section 8 to organize, arm, and discipline the federal militia.
- Origins, Antecedents, Us
Table of Contents The origins of the Second Amendment can be...
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Amendment, in government and law, an addition or alteration...
- Anti-Federalists
Anti-Federalists, in early U.S. history, a loose political...
- Equal Protection
Under Chief Justice Earl Warren in the 1960s, the concept of...
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- Self-Defense
Self-defense, in criminal law, justification for inflicting...
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Bill of Rights, in the United States, the first 10...
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4 days ago · A safe court environment goes beyond guns, gates and guards — it starts with a judge who knows how to create and maintain a calm and compassionate atmosphere for litigants and lawyers. Four panelists shared tips about courtroom security at the Aug. 5.
2 days ago · The person being threatened does not even need to be known to you personally for self-defence laws to apply; if you are protecting anyone from bodily harm by using force, it may fall under the scope of self-defence. Defending Your Property or Residence. Self-defence may apply when you are defending your property. Section 35 of the Criminal Code ...
3 days ago · A pleading is the name of the formal court documents that t he court requires parties to file at the beginning of a case. Typical pleadings include a statement of claim and a defence. These types of documents set out the details of the claim or defence t hat you are making and the facts that underlay that claim or defence.
5 days ago · Highlighted that it was not necessary for the defendant to intent the consequences of their actions. For a battery a defendant need not intend the consequences of his actions. It is enough that the actions themselves were intentional
3 days ago · The meaning of MANIFEST NECESSITY is a circumstance (as an incurable pleading defect, the unavailability of an essential witness, juror misconduct, or illness of counsel) which is of such an overwhelming and unforeseeable nature that the conduct of trial or reaching of a fair result is impossible and which necessitates the declaration of a ...
4 days ago · Gun control, politics, legislation, and enforcement of measures intended to restrict access to, the possession of, or the use of arms. Debates over such measures often center on whether regulations are an undue restriction on liberty and whether there is a correlation between guns and crime.
