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- 1. – Prominent scholar cited in Philippine legal literature and jurisprudence.
- 3. – Inherent authority of the state to legislate for public health, safety, morals, and welfare.
- 6. – Individual or party obligated to fulfill a legal duty.
- 7. – Binding legal tie that constitutes the essence of an obligation.
- 12. – Provision barring retroactive interference in lawful contracts.
- 13. – Admissible hearsay made in extremis concerning the cause of impending death.
- 14. – Normative basis of rights rooted in shared moral concern for others.
- 16. Security pledged to temporarily release a suspect pending trial.
- 17. Legal grounds excusing liability due to lack of voluntariness or other defenses.
- 19. – Offenses deemed criminal due to statute, not by inherent immorality.
- 21. Circumstances that heighten criminal liability and increase penalties.
- 22. Failure to exercise reasonable foresight leading to negligent harm.
- 23. Free from favoritism or bias in adjudication.
- 24. – The primary cause that sets off a chain of events in legal liability.
- 25. – International body established in 1945 to maintain global order and prevent intergovernmental conflict.
- 31. – Constitutional guarantee protecting individuals from arbitrary denial of legal rights.
- 34. – Entity entitled to enforce compliance in a juridical relation.
- 35. – Constitutional right ensuring the ability to litigate without economic or institutional barriers.
- 37. Action based on personal discretion lacking legal justification.
- 39. Principle mandating uniform application of rights and responsibilities.
- 40. Mutually exclusive options provided in a legal or contractual obligation.
- 41. Permanent abnormality often relevant in classifying serious physical injury.
- 44. Mutual agreement enforceable by law involving a meeting of minds.
- 45. Pertaining to the structure or exercise of governmental power.
- 46. Diminution or weakening of legal capacity or contract enforcement.
- 48. – Psychological impetus driving the commission of an unlawful act.
- 49. Collective manifestations of intellectual achievement and social practice.
- 50. Term inclusive of all legal persons, natural or juridical.
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- 2. Legal removal of a person from a state’s territory.
- 4. A juridical necessity to give, to do, or not to do.
- 5. Felonious or justifiable killing of a human being.
- 8. Formal notice compelling appearance before judicial authority.
- 9. – Foundational value affirming intrinsic worth beyond legal status.
- 10. – Prejudicial treatment grounded in unlawful or irrelevant distinctions.
- 11. Factors that reduce the degree of moral culpability in sentencing.
- 15. – Remedy against unlawful detention, demanding court justification for custody.
- 18. Application of unlawful pressure to override free will.
- 20. Legal scope within which a court may render decisions.
- 26. Relating to sovereign dominion over geographic boundaries.
- 27. Branch or process responsible for enacting statutory laws.
- 28. – Legal doctrine requiring punishment or force to align with offense severity.
- 29. Judicial tribunal established to interpret and apply laws.
- 30. Defendant’s formal response to criminal charges during arraignment.
- 32. One who voluntarily aids in the commission of a crime with knowledge of its intent.
- 33. The specific object, service, or action due in an obligation.
- 36. Binding international agreement under public international law.
- 38. The equitable administration of the law with impartiality.
- 42. Severe infliction of pain sanctioned or carried out by authority for extraction or punishment.
- 43. Intentional annihilation of an identifiable group, often under international law.
- 47. Era – Post-Spanish colonial period marked by U.S. influence on Philippine legal and political systems.