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42 relations: Amercement, Anglo-Saxons, Asset forfeiture, Authority, Bail, Bank account, Bill of Rights 1689, Blood money (restitution), California, Cause of action, Civil law (common law), Civil penalty, Common law, Community service, Court, Credit card, Crime, Criminal Law Act 1977, Damages, Day-fine, English law, Finance, Fixed penalty notice, Fraud, Judge, Library fine, Loitering, Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, Mischief, New York (state), Nuisance fee, Penalty unit, Prison, Profession, Settlement (litigation), Standard scale, Tax, Texas, Traffic, United States, Washington, D.C., Weregild.
Amercement
An amercement is a financial penalty in English law, common during the Middle Ages, imposed either by the court or by peers.
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Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.
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Asset forfeiture
Asset forfeiture or asset seizure is a form of confiscation of assets by the state.
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Authority
Authority derives from the Latin word and is a concept used to indicate the foundational right to exercise power, which can be formalized by the State and exercised by way of judges, monarchs, rulers, police officers or other appointed executives of government, or the ecclesiastical or priestly appointed representatives of a higher spiritual power (God or other deities).
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Bail
Bail is a set of restrictions that are imposed on a suspect while awaiting trial, to ensure they comply with the judicial process.
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Bank account
A bank account is a financial account maintained by a bank for a customer.
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Bill of Rights 1689
The Bill of Rights, also known as the English Bill of Rights, is an Act of the Parliament of England that deals with constitutional matters and sets out certain basic civil rights.
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Blood money (restitution)
Blood money, also called bloodwit, is money or some sort of compensation paid by an offender (usually a murderer) or his/her family group to the family or kin group of the victim.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Cause of action
A cause of action, in law, is a set of facts sufficient to justify a right to sue to obtain money, property, or the enforcement of a right against another party.
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Civil law (common law)
Civil law is a branch of the law.
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Civil penalty
A civil penalty or civil fine is a financial penalty imposed by a government agency as restitution for wrongdoing.
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Common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.
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Community service
Community service is a non-paying job performed by one person or a group of people for the benefit of the community or its institutions.
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Court
A court is a tribunal, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.
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Credit card
A credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts so paid plus the other agreed charges.
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
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Criminal Law Act 1977
The Criminal Law Act 1977 (c.45) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Damages
In law, damages are an award, typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury.
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Day-fine
A day-fine, day fine, unit fine or structured fine is a unit of fine payment that, above a minimum fine, is based on the offender's daily personal income.
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English law
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.
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Finance
Finance is a field that is concerned with the allocation (investment) of assets and liabilities (known as elements of the balance statement) over space and time, often under conditions of risk or uncertainty.
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Fixed penalty notice
Fixed penalty notices (FPNs) were introduced in Britain in the 1950s to deal with minor parking offences.
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Fraud
In law, fraud is deliberate deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.
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Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.
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Library fine
Library fines, also known as late fees or overdue fees, are small daily or weekly fees that libraries in many countries charge borrowers after a book or other borrowed item is kept past its due date.
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Loitering
Loitering is the act of remaining in a particular public place for a protracted time without any apparent purpose.
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Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Mischief
Mischief or malicious mischief is the specific name for different criminal offenses in a number of different jurisdictions.
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New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
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Nuisance fee
A nuisance fee is a fee, fine, or penalty which is charged to deter an action, rather than to compensate for the costs of that action.
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Penalty unit
In Australian law, a penalty unit (abbreviated as PU) is an amount of money used to compute pecuniary penalties for many breaches of statute law.
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Prison
A prison, also known as a correctional facility, jail, gaol (dated, British English), penitentiary (American English), detention center (American English), or remand center is a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state.
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Profession
A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain.
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Settlement (litigation)
In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins.
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Standard scale
The standard scale is a system whereby financial criminal penalties (fines) in legislation have maximum levels set against a standard scale.
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Tax
A tax (from the Latin taxo) is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or other legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund various public expenditures.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.
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Traffic
Traffic on roads consists of road users including pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, buses and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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Weregild
Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld (in archaic/historical usage of English), weregeld, etc.), also known as man price, was a value placed on every being and piece of property, for example in the Frankish Salic Code.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_(penalty)
