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Self-defense

Legal services; Courts

The claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

Legal services; Courts

The agency established by OSHA to adjudicate enforcement actions under the Act.

Sherman act

Legal services; Courts

The basic antitrust statute prohibiting any unreasonable interference, conspiracy, restraint of trade, or monopolies with respect to interstate commerce.

Breach

Legal services; Courts

The breaking or violating of a law, right, or duty, either by commission or omission. The failure of one part to carry out any condition of a contract.

Law

Legal services; Courts

The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority, derived from court decisions and established by local custom.

Judicial review

Legal services; Courts

The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also, the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.

Judiciary

Legal services; Courts

The branch of government invested with judicial power to interpret and apply the law; the court system; the body of judges; then bench.

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