multi-jurisdictional law

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL)

The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL), also known as the Uniform Law Commission, is a non-partisan, non-profit, unincorporated association that discusses and debates which areas of the law require uniformity...

occupy the field

Congress occupies the field when it preempts state authority in an area of law through federal law so pervasive as to make reasonable the inference that Congress intended to supersede state law by leaving no room for it. Congress occupies the...

offshore corporation

An offshore corporation, or offshore company, is a company that is chartered under the laws of a country other than the U.S. These offshore jurisdictions, like the British Virgin Islands or the Cayman Islands, have special offshore company...

preemption

Preemption is a doctrine in constitutional law that applies when two authorities conflict with one another. It refers to the idea that a higher authority of law will displace the law of a lower authority of law when the two authorities come...

Privileges and Immunities Clause

Not to be confused with the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1, Clause 2, the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution, also known as the Comity Clause, provides that “...

rogatory letters

See letter of request.

[Last updated in April of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]

Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)

Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S. 495, is a Supreme Court case that invalidated a provision of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) that authorized the President to approve “codes of fair competition” for the poultry...

solicitor

In the United Kingdom and certain other common law countries, a solicitor is a lawyer who provides legal advice and prepares legal documents, but generally does not engage in oral argument in higher level courts. Alternatively, in the U.K.,...

South African Truth Commission

The dismantling of South African apartheid culminated in a multi-racial democratic election in 1994. ANC leader Nelson Mandela became president, and an interim constitution was drafted and enacted.[1] After the 1994 elections, an integrated South...