Admin

login | register

Student Resources

Personal Statement Editing
LSAT Prep
Law School Loans
Student Health Insurance
Law School Rankings
Law School Search
FREE Law School Outlines
Legal Forums arrow Legal Dictionary

PEOPLE

Legal Term: PEOPLE
Definition: A state; as, the people of the state of New York; a nation in iis collective and political capacity. 4 T. R. 783. See 6 Pet. S. C. Rep. 467.

2. The word people occurs in a policy of insurance. The insurer insures against "detainments of all kings, princes and people." He is not by this understood to insure against any promiscuous or lawless rabble which may be guilty of attacking or detaining a ship. 2 Marsh. Ins. 508. - Vide Body litic; Nation.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

LegalNut Resources

Attorney jobs listings and sites with attorney salary information, attorney job search functions, and salaries by law firm.

Law school rankings show how competitive your lsat scores would be at top law schools in the US.

Law school admissions advice is available both at the LSAT forum and throughout the pre-law section, including LSAT prep options, law school personal statement help, LSAT score distributions and law school bar exam pass rates.

Copyright © 2006 - 2008 Rochester Ideas, LLC. All rights reserved. Our site is valid CSS Our site is valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional