legal education and practice
curtilage
Curtilage is the area immediately surrounding and associated with a dwelling. Curtilage is treated as part of the home for many Fourth Amendment purposes, including searches and many self-defense laws. When considering whether something is in a dwelling's curtilage, courts consider four factors:
customary international law
Customary international law refers to international obligations arising from established international practices, as opposed to obligations arising from formal written conventions and treaties. Customary inte
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
The Customs and Border Protection, hereafter “CBP”, (formerly referred to as the Border Patrol) is a federal law enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The CBP is the country’s largest and first border control organization.
cy pres: charitable trusts
Cy pres means "as near as possible.”
cybersquatting
Cybersquatting occurs when a person other than the owner of a well-known trademark registers that trademark as an Internet domain name and then attempts to profit from it.
damages
In civil cases, damages are the remedy that a party requests that the court award to make the injured party whole.
dark web
The dark web (also referred to as the underground web) is an encrypted sector of the internet that is not indexed by traditional search engines. It is only accessible with specific browsers such as TOR (The Onion Router) and special network configurations.
data
Data, a plural noun, are representations of factual information without context, typically reduced to a form suitable for processing. When context is applied, data become information. When information is communicated or understood, it then becomes knowledge.