Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
obstructing justice — Impeding or obstructing those who seek justice in a court, or those who have duties or powers of administering justice therein. The act by which one or more persons attempt to prevent, or do prevent, the execution of lawful process. The term… … Black's law dictionary
obstructing officer — Impeding a public officer in the performance of his duty by direct or indirect means. 39 Am J1st Obst J § 8. The word includes any passive, indirect, circuitous impediments to the service or execution of process, such as hindering or preventing… … Ballentine's law dictionary
obstruct — To hinder or prevent from progress, check, stop, also to retard the progress of, make accomplishment of difficult and slow. Conley v. United States, C.C.A.Minn., 59 F.2d 929, 936. To be or come in the way of or to cut off the sight of an object.… … Black's law dictionary
Bylaw enforcement officer — patch from City of Delta, BC A bylaw enforcement officer is a law enforcement employee of a municipality, county or regional district, charged with the enforcement of non criminal bylaws, rules, laws, codes or regulations enacted by local… … Wikipedia
Non-blocking synchronization — In computer science, non blocking synchronization ensures that threads competing for a shared resource do not have their execution indefinitely postponed by mutual exclusion. Literature up to the turn of the century used non blocking synonymously … Wikipedia
respiratory disease — ▪ human disease Introduction any of the diseases and disorders that affect human respiration (respiration, human). Diseases of the respiratory system may affect any of the structures and organs that have to do with breathing, including the… … Universalium
Non-blocking algorithm — In computer science, a non blocking algorithm ensures that threads competing for a shared resource do not have their execution indefinitely postponed by mutual exclusion. A non blocking algorithm is lock free if there is guaranteed system wide… … Wikipedia
Dismissal (cricket) — In the sport of cricket, a dismissal occurs when the batsman is out (also known as the fielding side taking a wicket and/or the batting side losing a wicket). Colloquially, the fielding team is also said to have snared, bagged or captured a… … Wikipedia
Karma in Jainism — (Sanskrit: कर्म, kär mə, kär mən, Prakrit: कम्म, kä mmə) refers not only to the actions and deeds that are part of the cause and effect mechanism that results in a cycle of re births and re incarnation, but also to the subtle karmic particles… … Wikipedia
Philippines — /fil euh peenz , fil euh peenz /, n. (used with a pl. v.) an archipelago of 7083 islands in the Pacific, SE of China: formerly (1898 1946) under the guardianship of the U.S.; now an independent republic. 76,103,564; 114,830 sq. mi. (297,410 sq.… … Universalium
