My recollection is that delegates from
civil law countries did not want to use the common - law terminology of «invitation to treat», but they were comfortable with «invitation to make offers».
Not exact matches
Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and
Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virg = inia,
do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a
civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, and frame, such just and equal
laws, ordinances, acts, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
If you truly
do not recognize the Const!tution as being the Supreme
Law that governs your physical life here in this country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different country, or staying here and refusing to follow the law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospit
Law that governs your physical life here in this
country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different
country, or staying here and refusing to follow the
law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospit
law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other
civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospital.
I don't know where you're from (or rather where you're living at the moment), but check the
civil law that applies in your
country!
Civil law countries in Asia - such as China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam -
do not recognise privilege.
Many
countries, such as the federal government of the USA and
civil law countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland and Spain,
do not recognise copyright in legislation or judgments.
I think that most people in this
country have, at one point or another, seen
Law and Order or some show like it, and they've seen someone be told, «If you are indigent, if you can not afford a lawyer, one will be provided to you at state expense,» and they don't necessarily understand that, that only applies to criminal proceedings, not
civil ones.
For this reason, and coupled with the
country's long - running
civil conflict, issues surrounding the rule of
law are not merely theoretical, as the
Doing Business survey highlights.
A significant issue remains whether they can be made enforceable in those
civil law countries which
do not have undertakings as part of their domestic legal framework.
In contrast to a
civil law marriage contract (common in
civil law countries such as continental Europe, South Africa etc), a pre-nuptial agreement
does not elect a «matrimonial property regime» i.e. a set of rules which govern how assets are owned and dealt with during the marriage.
He then referred to articles by Dr F.A. Mann (whose own expertise and reputation in the area were considerable) and Dr E.J. Cohn and pointed out that, from the 19th Century,
civil law countries had accepted that a waiver of sovereign immunity by a contract was effective, that the speeches in Duff were obiter and
did not constitute a majority and that both Duff and Kahan overlooked the fact that submission in the face of the court was not the only form of valid submission since the introduction of a new Rule in the RSC in 1920 that the English court had jurisdiction to entertain an action where there was a contractual submission.
And, the hearsay rule
does not exist in
civil law countries.
All I can say is based upon past experience, I don't think investors can rely upon
law enforcement in this
country acting any time soon and so we're going to have to
do whatever we can in
civil proceedings to come to some kind of remedy.»