- Family Law
- Labor and Employment Law
- Bankruptcy
- Real Estate
- Personal Injury
- Criminal Law
- Immigration
- Wills and Probate
- Business Law
- Consumer Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Automobile Accident
- Care for an Aging Relative
- Get Divorced
- Identity Theft
- Privacy Violated
- Welcome a Child
- Write a Will
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
 |
Clear and present danger |
: a risk or threat to safety or other public interests that is serious and imminent
esp
: one that justifies limitation of a right (as freedom of speech or press) by the legislative or executive branch of government <a clear and present danger of harm to others or himself>
see also freedom of speech, Schenck v. United States in the Important Cases section amendment i to the Constitution in the back matter
| Based on Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©2001. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. http://www.m-w.com |
 |
collateral estoppel
estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action
Terms & Conditions Privacy Copyright © 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.