What requisites must concur before a felony may be committed? There must be (1) an act or omission; (2) punishable by the Revised Penal Code; and (3) the act is performed or the omission incurred by means of dolo or culpa.

Particulars in the philosophical tradition are items that are numerically one. ‘A particular’ is ‘one thing’, like a dog, a jet plane, a stone or an angel, say. Usually particulars are thought of as material and perceptible items; that is the most obvious connotation the term has, anyway.

1 : the quality or state of being general. 2a : generalization sense 2. b : a vague or inadequate statement. 3 : the greatest part : bulk the generality of the population.

Three different kinds of kinds are distinguished as possible for areas of law such as criminal law: nominal kinds, natural kinds, and functional kinds. Three different kinds of theories of areas of law are also distinguished, distinguishing evaluative, explanatory, and descriptive theories.

“Criminal and penal statutes must be strictly construed, that is, they cannot be enlarged or extended by intendment, implication, or by any equitable considerations. Only those persons, offenses, and penalties, clearly included, beyond any reasonable doubt, will be considered within the statute’s operation.

Legal Definition of general law : a law that is unrestricted as to time, is applicable throughout the entire territory subject to the power of the legislature that enacted it, and applies to all persons in the same class. — called also general act, general statute.

Legal Definition of local law 1a : a law limited in application to a particular district within a territory. — called also local act. — compare general law, public law.

Common law and equitable right has two different function in that, common law establishes general rules which provide certainty, while, equitable rights acts as a check and balance of common law. This arises from the strict application of the common law.

Common law is made by judges in a court, using precedent—decisions made in previous similar cases—to decide how they will judge a case before them. If no past cases with similar circumstances exist, a new decision is made, which would then become a precedent for a future similar case.

Common law and civil law systems affect how business is conducted within a country’s specific jurisdiction. Such systems of law also affect how international business is supervised in terms of compliance issues and taxation laws. Overall, a common law system is less prescriptive than a civil law system.