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In law, knowledge is one of the degrees of mens rea that constitute part of a crime. For example, in English law, the offence of knowingly being a passenger...

Knowledge is an awareness of facts, a familiarity with individuals and situations, or a practical skill. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional...

offence under the common law of England and was classified as a felony. The common law defined rape as "the carnal knowledge of a woman forcibly and against...

The English Poor Laws were a system of poor relief in England and Wales that developed out of the codification of late-medieval and Tudor-era laws in 1587–1598...

and limits of knowledge. Also called "theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical...

consonants, known as Grimm's and Verner's laws. English is classified as an Anglo-Frisian language because Frisian and English share other features, such as the...

Estoppel in English law is a doctrine that may be used in certain situations to prevent a person from relying upon certain rights, or upon a set of facts...

English criminal law concerns offences, their prevention and the consequences, in England and Wales. Criminal conduct is considered to be a wrong against...

In the English law of homicide, manslaughter is a less serious offence than murder, the differential being between levels of fault based on the mens rea...

English land law is the law of real property in England and Wales. Because of its heavy historical and social significance, land is usually seen as the...

January 2021. English Wikipedia, often as a stand-in for Wikipedia overall, has been praised for its enablement of the democratization of knowledge, extent...

The Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), or the Bhāratīya Jñāna Paramparā Vibhāga is a division of the Ministry of Education of the Government of India which...

English trust law concerns the protection of assets, usually when they are held by one party for another's benefit. Trusts were a creation of the English...

Contract law provides a legal framework within which persons can transact business and exchange resources, secure in the knowledge that the law will uphold...

a minor, unlawful sex with a minor, carnal knowledge of a minor, sexual battery, or simply carnal knowledge. The terms child sexual abuse or child molestation...

English contract law is the body of law that regulates legally binding agreements in England and Wales. With its roots in the lex mercatoria and the activism...

knowledge has narrower but related technical uses in both cognitive psychology and intellectual property law. Procedural knowledge (i.e., knowledge-how)...

number of ways, is legally not a separate person from its mother in English law. They described this as outdated and misconceived but legally established...

Traditional knowledge (TK), indigenous knowledge (IK), folk knowledge, and local knowledge generally refers to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural...

common law, so named because it was "common" to all the king's courts across England, originated in the practices of the courts of the English kings in...