Sentences with phrase «civil law countries did»

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 hospitLaw 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 hospitlaw — 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.»