New laws are often created through committees, which provide a focused environment for studying and analyzing bills before they are considered by the full chamber for a vote. These committees help streamline legislation, ensuring that each bill is thoroughly reviewed and analyzed to the fullest extent possible. This process ensures that the best legislation is enacted, reflecting the values and priorities of the constituents.
A court-appointed reporter writes down the words of people in courtrooms using a stenographic machine, shorthand or an audio recording device. They may also make a video record of court proceedings. The court may stamp their work with a raised seal or print a seal on photocopies of court documents to prove that it was produced by the judicial system. A court report is the official record of what happened in a legal case or hearing.
The right to have legal or physical control over children. Custody may be sole, joint or shared, and can include decision-making, visitation rights or day-to-day care and control.
An order to put someone in prison. A Judge can issue a habeas corpus after finding that a person is being deprived of their liberty unlawfully, by a government agency or private party, for a crime charged in a criminal complaint, information or indictment.
A legal principle that says that landlords must keep apartments and homes fit for people to live in, and that a tenant has the right to expect a safe and healthy living space. Landlords must meet building and housing codes to qualify for this legal rule.
When a witness is found to have made false statements during a trial, the witness may be impeached. If enough evidence is presented, the President of the United States will remove that individual from office, as part of a constitutional process.
This Article presents a novel approach to understanding the relation of law to economic development in colonial New England, by exploring the ways in which a new type of legal institution, based on contracts between property owners and tenants, provided opportunities for a more diversified economy. While prior legal historical scholarship has focused almost exclusively on judicial decisionmaking, this Article provides an alternative interpretation, emphasizing the importance of these contractual arrangements in generating a more diverse and resilient economy. The Article argues that these new contracting models were a driving force behind the formation of a prosperous, well-developed economy in colonial New England.