Merits is a legal concept referring to the inherent rights and wrongs of a legal case, absent of any emotional or technical biases. The evidence is solely applied to cases decided on the merits, and any procedural matters are discounted.
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Merit — The term merit constitutes a desirable trait or ability belonging to a person or (sometimes) an object. It may refer to: Merit (Catholicism) Merit (Buddhism) Meritocracy merit may also mean: Merit (band), a rock band from Syracuse, New York Merit … Wikipedia
merit — mer·it / mer ət/ n 1 pl: the substance of a case apart from matters of jurisdiction, procedure, or form a ruling on the merit s of the case see also judgment on the merits at … Law dictionary
legal aid — n: aid provided by an organization established to serve the legal needs of the poor Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. legal aid n … Law dictionary
Merit and Society Movement — (Portuguese: Movimento Mérito e Sociedade, pronounced: [muviˈmẽtu ˈmɛɾitu i susieˈdadɨ]; abbreviated to MMS), since 2011 Liberal Democrat Party (Portuguese: Partido Liberal Democrata, pronounced: [pɛr tɨduh liberal demucratɛ];… … Wikipedia
merit system — System used by federal and state governments for hiring and promoting governmental employees to civil service positions on the basis of competence. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. merit system … Law dictionary
merit as compensation — index earn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
merit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, exceptional, great, outstanding ▪ actual, real, true ▪ a lawsuit that lacked any real merit … Collocations dictionary
Legal disputes over the Harry Potter series — Since first coming to wide notice in the late 1990s, the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling has engendered a number of legal disputes. Rowling, her various publishers and Time Warner, the owner of the rights to the Harry Potter films, have … Wikipedia
Legal nurse consultant — One specialized area of nursing is legal nurse consulting. A Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) is a registered nurse who uses existing expertise as a healthcare professional plus specialized training to consult on medical related cases at fees of $125 … Wikipedia
legal — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ make sth ▪ Should the use of this drug be made legal? ADVERB ▪ completely … Collocations dictionary
