foreign perspective

abandonment (of residence)

Abandonment (of Residence) is a determination by the U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) that a permanent resident has surrendered their status as a lawful permanent resident (LPR). According to the USCIS, applicants are not...

accompanying relative

An accompanying relative, or immediate relative, is a family member of a person who has immigrated to the United States. An example of an accompanying relative could be the children of an immigrant who have not reached the age of majority, as...

admiralty

Admiralty law (or maritime law) is the body of law that governs navigation and shipping. It includes substantive and procedural law.

Overview:

Topics associated with this field in legal reference works may include: shipping...

alien

Alien is a legal term that refers to any person who is not a citizen or a national of the United States, as listed in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). There are different categories of aliens: resident and nonresident, immigrant and...

American Indian law

American Indian Law: An Overview

In U.S. law the term "Indians" refers generally to the indigenous peoples of the North American continent at the time of European colonization. "Alaska Natives" and "Native Hawaiians" refer to peoples who are...

apartheid

Apartheid refers to the implementation and maintenance of a system of legalized racial segregation in which one racial group is deprived of political and civil rights. Apartheid is a crime against humanity punishable under the Rome Statute of...

armed conflict

Armed conflicts are contextualized into two different categories: international armed conflicts and domestic armed conflicts. International armed conflicts occur when there is conflict between two or more states. Domestic armed conflicts...

bilateral

Bilateral means two-sided and is frequently used to refer to agreements between two countries. For example, the United States and Australia have a Bilateral trade agreement limiting tariffs or other protectionist policies between the two...

bilateral investment treaty

Overview:

Bilateral investment treaties (or, BITs) are international agreements establishing the terms and conditions for private investment by nationals and companies of one country to another country.

The first...

bill of lading

A bill of lading is a legal instrument used in the transportation and shipping industries which lists the goods being shipped and the terms under which they will be delivered. If the goods as delivered do not match the terms of the bill of...

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