voies légales

Definitions of voies légales
  1. noun
    (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards
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    procédure légale
    (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
    jugement, sentence, verdict
    (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
    expropriation, expultion
    the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
    défense
    a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
    procédure
    a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
    acte, affaire, poursuite judiciaire, procès
    a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
    banqueroute
    a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
    litige
    a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
    naturalisation
    the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship
    décision finale
    a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
    arbitrage
    the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
    conclusion
    the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
    expulsion
    a wrongful dispossession
    jugement, procès
    (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law
    audience
    (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
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    action de groupe
    action taken by a group of people
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