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Document Category Procedural Laws
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| Act Creating the Commercial Court (2010) | 2010, Banking, Business and Commerce Laws, Corporate Law, Human Rights Law, Judiciary Laws, Land Laws, Maritime Laws, Procedural Laws, Property Laws | 2010 Acts, 2025, access to justice, admiralty law, appeals, Appellate Review, appointment of judges, arbitration law, banking and finance law, business law, civil law, commercial arbitration, Commercial Court, commercial jurisdiction, Commercial Law, commercial litigation, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Contract Law, Corporate Law, court financing, court procedures, court structure, debt recovery, economic governance, enforcement of arbitral awards, establishment of Commercial Court, Executive Law, financial law, foreclosure, Good Governance Law, human rights law, investment law, judicial accountability, Judicial Administration, judicial reform, judiciary independence, Judiciary Law, land law, Liberia Commercial Code, maritime law, Montserrado County, mortgages, Procedural Law, Rule of Law, secured transactions, specialized courts, summary judgment, tax law, tenure of judges, Title 17 Judiciary Law, transparency and accountability | act-creating-the-commercial-court-2010 | 2010-acts 2025 access-to-justice admiralty-law appeals appellate-review appointment-of-judges arbitration-law banking-and-finance-law business-law civil-law commercial-arbitration commercial-court commercial-jurisdiction commercial-law commercial-litigation concurrent-jurisdiction contract-law corporate-law court-financing court-procedures court-structure debt-recovery economic-governance enforcement-of-arbitral-awards establishment-of-commercial-court executive-law financial-law foreclosure good-governance-law human-rights-law investment-law judicial-accountability judicial-administration judicial-reform judiciary-independence judiciary-law land-law liberia-commercial-code maritime-law montserrado-county mortgages procedural-law rule-of-law secured-transactions specialized-courts summary-judgment tax-law tenure-of-judges title-17-judiciary-law transparency-and-accountability | 2010 banking-business-and-commerce-laws corporate-law human-rights-law judiciary-laws land-laws maritime-laws procedural-laws property-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| Amendment to Chapter 16 of the Criminal Procedure Law to Provide for Plea Bargaining of Criminal Cases (2022) | 2022, Criminal Law, Judiciary Laws, Procedural Laws | 2022 Acts, 2022 legislative session, Administrative Law, civil law reform, constitutional compliance, criminal justice, enforcement mechanisms, governance, justice sector reform, legal modernization, legislative enactment, legislative reform, Ministry oversight, national legislation, procedural safeguards, public interest, Public Policy, regulatory framework, Republic of Liberia, rights protection, Rule of Law, severability clause, statutory amendment, Statutory interpretation, statutory update | amendment-to-chapter-16-of-the-criminal-procedure-law-to-provide-for-plea-bargaining-of-criminal-cases-2022 | 2022-acts 2022-legislative-session administrative-law civil-law-reform constitutional-compliance criminal-justice enforcement-mechanisms governance justice-sector-reform legal-modernization legislative-enactment legislative-reform ministry-oversight national-legislation procedural-safeguards public-interest public-policy regulatory-framework republic-of-liberia rights-protection rule-of-law severability-clause statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-update | 2022 criminal-law judiciary-laws procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| An Act Establishing Criminal Court E (2008) | 2008, Criminal Law, Gender Laws, Judiciary Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject, Procedural Laws | aggravated involuntary sodomy, amendment of Judiciary Law, appellate jurisdiction, appointment and tenure of judges, bail restrictions, circuit courts, clerks of court, corruption of minors, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Court E, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, exclusive original jurisdiction, exemption from court fees, First Judicial Circuit, gang rape, grave offenses, in camera trial, involuntary sodomy, Judicial Administration, Judiciary Law of 1972, Jurisdiction, jury empanelment, magistrate jurisdiction terminated, minors and child protection, Montserrado County, Rape, seal of court, sessions of court, sexual abuse of wards, sexual assault, Sexual Offences Court, Sexual Offences Division, sheriffs and ministerial officers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Title 17 Liberian Code of Laws Revised, trafficking in persons (sexual servitude), transfer within 72 hours, voluntary sodomy, Writ of Prohibition | an-act-establishing-criminal-court-e-2008 | aggravated-involuntary-sodomy amendment-of-judiciary-law appellate-jurisdiction appointment-and-tenure-of-judges bail-restrictions circuit-courts clerks-of-court corruption-of-minors criminal-assizes criminal-court-e criminal-law criminal-procedure exclusive-original-jurisdiction exemption-from-court-fees first-judicial-circuit gang-rape grave-offenses in-camera-trial involuntary-sodomy judicial-administration judiciary-law-of-1972 jurisdiction jury-empanelment magistrate-jurisdiction-terminated minors-and-child-protection montserrado-county rape seal-of-court sessions-of-court sexual-abuse-of-wards sexual-assault sexual-offences-court sexual-offences-division sheriffs-and-ministerial-officers supreme-court-of-liberia title-17-liberian-code-of-laws-revised trafficking-in-persons-sexual-servitude transfer-within-72-hours voluntary-sodomy writ-of-prohibition | 2008 criminal-law gender-laws judiciary-laws legistlative-acts procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year | |
| An Act Relating to the Conduct of Trial (2012) | 2012, Criminal Law, Judiciary Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject, Procedural Laws | 2012 Acts, conduct of trial, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, judicial process, jury instructions, Jury Trial, Procedural Law, statutory amendment, three-fourths verdict rule, trial procedure, verdict | an-act-relating-to-the-conduct-of-trial-2012 | 2012-acts conduct-of-trial criminal-law criminal-procedure-law judicial-process jury-instructions jury-trial procedural-law statutory-amendment three-fourths-verdict-rule trial-procedure verdict | 2012 criminal-law judiciary-laws legistlative-acts procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year | |
| An Act Relating to the Jurisdiction of Debt Court and Magistrates’ Courts and Related Matters (2012) | 2012, Banking, Business and Commerce Laws, Human Trafficking Laws, Judiciary Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject, Procedural Laws | an-act-relating-to-the-jurisdiction-of-debt-court-and-magistrates-courts-and-related-matters-2012 | 2012 banking-business-and-commerce-laws human-trafficking-laws judiciary-laws legistlative-acts procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year | |||
| Civil Procedure Law (Title 1) (1972) | 1972, Amended/Partially Repealed Legislative Acts, Arbitration Laws, Civil Procedure Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject, Procedural Laws | access to justice, action to recover a chattel, additional surety, adjournment, administrative review, administrator, admissibility of evidence, admissions, admissions of fact, adverse claims, advisory jury, affidavit of indigency, affidavit of ownership, affidavit of petitioner, affidavit of surety, announcement of appeal, annulment and divorce, Appeal bond, appeal from arbitration, appeal from courts not of record, appeal from courts of record, appeal from summary proceeding, appeal rights, appeals, Appearance, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Practice, Appellate Review, appointed counsel, approval of bond, arbitral award, arbitration, arbitration agreement, arbitration fees, arbitration hearing, arbitrator appointment, arrest, arrest of debtor, assignment of counsel, attachment, attendance requirement, attorney’s fees, bail, bar to further claim, bench trial, Best evidence, Bill of Exceptions, bond, bond by public officer, bond by Republic, bonds and security, briefs, burden of proof, burial ground, Capacity of Parties, case management, certificate of Ministry of Finance, challenges, change of name, change of venue, Chapter 12, Chapter 61, Chapter 62, Chapter 63, Chapter 64, Chapter 65, Chapter 66, Chapter 67, Circuit Court, Circuit Court jurisdiction, civil enforcement, Civil Litigation, Civil Procedure Law, civil rights, claim for damages, clarification of award, Class Actions, Commencement of Action, compel arbitration, completion of appeal, computation of time, conference of attorneys, confirmation of award, Consolidation, construction of contracts, construction of statutes, Contempt, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, contents of petition, continuance, Corporations, correction of award, correction of record, costs of proceedings, counsel fees, counsel representation, court jurisdiction, court order, courts of record, cross-examination, damages for wrongful detention, death of debtor, Death of Party, declaratory judgments, default judgments, deferred payment, disclosure proceedings, discretionary power, dismissal of appeal, disposition of appeal, distribution of recovery, Ejectment, enforceability of arbitration, enforcement of bond, Enforcement of Judgment, enforcement of judgments, equal protection, Evidence, exception to surety, exclusive procedure, execution for delivery of possession, execution of judgment, executor, exemption from execution, expenses, fiduciary administration, filing deadlines, filing of award, filing of briefs, filing of claims, final decision, Final Judgment, findings of fact, foreign judgments, free transcript, Garnishee, garnishment, General Provisions, Government as Party, government assistance, government claims procedure, government judgment, government liability, government responsibility, guardian, guardianship, hearsay, homestead exemption, hospitalization, identity change, impeachment, imprisonment for contempt, imprisonment for nonpayment, in forma pauperis, Incompetency, incompetent persons, Incompetents, indigent persons, Infants, infants and incompetents, Injunction, installment payment, Interpleader, interpretation of wills, interpreters, intervention, Joinder of Claims, Joinder of Parties, joint and several liability, judgment, judgment execution procedure, judgment lien, judgment on award, judgments, judicial discretion, judicial efficiency, Judicial Notice, Judicial Remedies, Jurisdiction, jurisdiction of appellate court, jurisdiction of Commission, juror oath, jury selection, Jury Trial, justice of the peace appeal, justiciable controversy, justification of surety, legal name, legal status, legally qualified sureties, Levy, levy upon real property, liability of sheriff, liability of surety, Liberia, Liberian nationality, lien on real property, lien priority, Limitation of Actions, limitation of witnesses, limitation period, litigation management, magistrate appeal, magistrate court, Married Women, mental disability, Minister of Finance, Misjoinder and Nonjoinder, modification of award, modification of record, modification order, money judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new bond, motion for new trial, Motion to Modify, motion to proceed as indigent, motion to vacate, name change for infant, naturalization, Necessary Parties, neglect of claimant, new trial, Notice of Completion of Appeal, notice of default, notice of hearing, Notice of Pendency, notice of petition, notice to vacate, official records, opinion testimony, oral announcement, Order of Arrest, order of reference, order to replevy, parol evidence, Parties, parties to appeal, Partnerships, payment order, penalties, pending motions, perishable property, Permanent Claims Commission, personal jurisdiction, personal property, personal property receipt, petition for name change, polling the jury, possession of personal property, post-trial motions, preliminary injunction, Preliminary Injunction Procedure, prerequisites to appeal, presumptions, Pretrial Conferences, pretrial hearing, pretrial order, pretrial procedure, procedural rules, Procedure Before Trial, proof of claim, Provisional Remedies, Provisional Remedy, publication of order, re-justification of surety, Real Property, Receiver’s Duties, Receivership, receivership enforcement, reclamation, record on appeal, recording of judgment, recovery in favor of indigent person, recovery of expenses, recovery of possession, referee, referee qualifications, referee’s fees, refreshing memory, refusal to be examined, registrar of deeds, registration of claims, rehearing, remittitur, Removal of Causes, rendition of judgment, rent due, replevin, report by referee, Republic of Liberia, Restitution, restraining order, Resummons, review of declaratory judgment, review of judgments, right to counsel, rights and legal relations, sale of property, sale of real property, satisfaction of judgment, scope of review, security for bond, seizure of property, sequence of trial, Service by Publication, Service of Process, service of writ, settlement, severance, Shareholder Derivative Actions, Sheriff, Sheriff’s Return, simplification of issues, special jury, Statute of Limitations, Statutory interpretation, stay of arbitration, stay of execution, submission of records, Substitution of Parties, sum certain, summary eviction, Summary Proceedings, summons, supplemental relief, surety bond, Temporary Receiver, temporary restraining order, Temporary Restraining Order Procedure, tenant at sufferance, time limits for appeal, Title 1, title dispute, Tolling of Limitations, Transfer of Interest, trespass, trial de novo, trial motions, trial preparation, trial procedure, trust administration, unanimous verdict, uncertainty of rights, Unincorporated Associations, unique chattel, unlawful dispossession, vacating an award, validity of arbitration, venue, verdict, voir dire, waiver of bond, waiver of court costs, witness competency, witnesses, Writ of Attachment, writ of possession, wrongful detention, wrongful entry, wrongful taking, wrongful withholding | civil-procedure-law civil-procedure-law-title-1-1972 | access-to-justice action-to-recover-a-chattel additional-surety adjournment administrative-review administrator admissibility-of-evidence admissions admissions-of-fact adverse-claims advisory-jury affidavit-of-indigency affidavit-of-ownership affidavit-of-petitioner affidavit-of-surety announcement-of-appeal annulment-and-divorce appeal-bond appeal-from-arbitration appeal-from-courts-not-of-record appeal-from-courts-of-record appeal-from-summary-proceeding appeal-rights appeals appearance appellate-jurisdiction appellate-practice appellate-review appointed-counsel approval-of-bond arbitral-award arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-fees arbitration-hearing arbitrator-appointment arrest arrest-of-debtor assignment-of-counsel attachment attendance-requirement attorneys-fees bail bar-to-further-claim bench-trial best-evidence bill-of-exceptions bond bond-by-public-officer bond-by-republic bonds-and-security briefs burden-of-proof burial-ground capacity-of-parties case-management certificate-of-ministry-of-finance challenges change-of-name change-of-venue chapter-12 chapter-61 chapter-62 chapter-63 chapter-64 chapter-65 chapter-66 chapter-67 circuit-court circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-enforcement civil-litigation civil-procedure-law civil-rights claim-for-damages clarification-of-award class-actions commencement-of-action compel-arbitration completion-of-appeal computation-of-time conference-of-attorneys confirmation-of-award consolidation construction-of-contracts construction-of-statutes contempt contempt-of-court contempt-proceedings contents-of-petition continuance corporations correction-of-award correction-of-record costs-of-proceedings counsel-fees counsel-representation court-jurisdiction court-order courts-of-record cross-examination damages-for-wrongful-detention death-of-debtor death-of-party declaratory-judgments default-judgments deferred-payment disclosure-proceedings discretionary-power dismissal-of-appeal disposition-of-appeal distribution-of-recovery ejectment enforceability-of-arbitration enforcement-of-bond enforcement-of-judgment enforcement-of-judgments equal-protection evidence exception-to-surety exclusive-procedure execution-for-delivery-of-possession execution-of-judgment executor exemption-from-execution expenses fiduciary-administration filing-deadlines filing-of-award filing-of-briefs filing-of-claims final-decision final-judgment findings-of-fact foreign-judgments free-transcript garnishee garnishment general-provisions government-as-party government-assistance government-claims-procedure government-judgment government-liability government-responsibility guardian guardianship hearsay homestead-exemption hospitalization identity-change impeachment imprisonment-for-contempt imprisonment-for-nonpayment in-forma-pauperis incompetency incompetent-persons incompetents indigent-persons infants infants-and-incompetents injunction installment-payment interpleader interpretation-of-wills interpreters intervention joinder-of-claims joinder-of-parties joint-and-several-liability judgment judgment-execution-procedure judgment-lien judgment-on-award judgments judicial-discretion judicial-efficiency judicial-notice judicial-remedies jurisdiction jurisdiction-of-appellate-court jurisdiction-of-commission juror-oath jury-selection jury-trial justice-of-the-peace-appeal justiciable-controversy justification-of-surety legal-name legal-status legally-qualified-sureties levy levy-upon-real-property liability-of-sheriff liability-of-surety liberia liberian-nationality lien-on-real-property lien-priority limitation-of-actions limitation-of-witnesses limitation-period litigation-management magistrate-appeal magistrate-court married-women mental-disability minister-of-finance misjoinder-and-nonjoinder modification-of-award modification-of-record modification-order money-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-bond motion-for-new-trial motion-to-modify motion-to-proceed-as-indigent motion-to-vacate name-change-for-infant naturalization necessary-parties neglect-of-claimant new-trial notice-of-completion-of-appeal notice-of-default notice-of-hearing notice-of-pendency notice-of-petition notice-to-vacate official-records opinion-testimony oral-announcement order-of-arrest order-of-reference order-to-replevy parol-evidence parties parties-to-appeal partnerships payment-order penalties pending-motions perishable-property permanent-claims-commission personal-jurisdiction personal-property personal-property-receipt petition-for-name-change polling-the-jury possession-of-personal-property post-trial-motions preliminary-injunction preliminary-injunction-procedure prerequisites-to-appeal presumptions pretrial-conferences pretrial-hearing pretrial-order pretrial-procedure procedural-rules procedure-before-trial proof-of-claim provisional-remedies provisional-remedy publication-of-order re-justification-of-surety real-property receivers-duties receivership receivership-enforcement reclamation record-on-appeal recording-of-judgment recovery-in-favor-of-indigent-person recovery-of-expenses recovery-of-possession referee referee-qualifications referees-fees refreshing-memory refusal-to-be-examined registrar-of-deeds registration-of-claims rehearing remittitur removal-of-causes rendition-of-judgment rent-due replevin report-by-referee republic-of-liberia restitution restraining-order resummons review-of-declaratory-judgment review-of-judgments right-to-counsel rights-and-legal-relations sale-of-property sale-of-real-property satisfaction-of-judgment scope-of-review security-for-bond seizure-of-property sequence-of-trial service-by-publication service-of-process service-of-writ settlement severance shareholder-derivative-actions sheriff sheriffs-return simplification-of-issues special-jury statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation stay-of-arbitration stay-of-execution submission-of-records substitution-of-parties sum-certain summary-eviction summary-proceedings summons supplemental-relief surety-bond temporary-receiver temporary-restraining-order temporary-restraining-order-procedure tenant-at-sufferance time-limits-for-appeal title-1 title-dispute tolling-of-limitations transfer-of-interest trespass trial-de-novo trial-motions trial-preparation trial-procedure trust-administration unanimous-verdict uncertainty-of-rights unincorporated-associations unique-chattel unlawful-dispossession vacating-an-award validity-of-arbitration venue verdict voir-dire waiver-of-bond waiver-of-court-costs witness-competency witnesses writ-of-attachment writ-of-possession wrongful-detention wrongful-entry wrongful-taking wrongful-withholding | 1972-legislative-acts-by-year partially-repealed-legislative-acts arbitration-laws civil-procedure-laws legistlative-acts procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year | |
| Criminal Procedure Law (1972) | 1972, Amended/Partially Repealed Legislative Acts, Criminal Law, Legislative Acts by Subject, Procedural Laws | 2006 amendment, 2022 amendment, arrest, bail, Board of Parole, Bureau of Probation and Parole, criminal justice, Criminal Procedure Law, Death Penalty, Division of Correction, double jeopardy, Due Process, Extradition, grand jury, indictment, investigation of suspicious deaths, juries law, Liberia Laws Revised, mental competency, notice to appear, parole, plea bargaining, preliminary examination, Procedural Law, rights of defendant, search and seizure, sentencing, summons, Supreme Court of Liberia, time limitations, Title 2, venue | criminal-procedure-law-1972 | 2006-amendment 2022-amendment arrest bail board-of-parole bureau-of-probation-and-parole criminal-justice criminal-procedure-law death-penalty division-of-correction double-jeopardy due-process extradition grand-jury indictment investigation-of-suspicious-deaths juries-law liberia-laws-revised mental-competency notice-to-appear parole plea-bargaining preliminary-examination procedural-law rights-of-defendant search-and-seizure sentencing summons supreme-court-of-liberia time-limitations title-2 venue | 1972-legislative-acts-by-year partially-repealed-legislative-acts criminal-law legistlative-acts procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year | |
| General Construction Law (1973) | 1973, Executive Law, Judiciary Laws, Procedural Laws | 1956, Blackstone’s Commentaries, common law, construction of gender and number, definitions, effect of repeal, effect of the Code, English chancery rules, General Construction Law, interpretation of words and phrases, Kent’s Commentaries, law revision, legal hermeneutics, legal history, legal terminology, legislative drafting, legislative intent, Liberian Code of Laws of 1956, Liberian Code of Laws Revised, non-statutory law, repeal of statutes, repealers, Republic of Liberia, rules of construction, separability clause, statutory codification, statutory continuity, Statutory interpretation, statutory law, statutory reform, Title 15 | general-construction-law-1973 | 1956 blackstones-commentaries common-law construction-of-gender-and-number definitions effect-of-repeal effect-of-the-code english-chancery-rules general-construction-law interpretation-of-words-and-phrases kents-commentaries law-revision legal-hermeneutics legal-history legal-terminology legislative-drafting legislative-intent liberian-code-of-laws-of-1956 liberian-code-of-laws-revised non-statutory-law repeal-of-statutes repealers republic-of-liberia rules-of-construction separability-clause statutory-codification statutory-continuity statutory-interpretation statutory-law statutory-reform title-15 | 1973 executive-law judiciary-laws procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| Juries Law (2006) | 2006, Criminal Law, Judiciary Laws, Procedural Laws | juries-law-2006 | 2006 criminal-law judiciary-laws procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |||
| Provisional Remedies of Crime Act of 2012 | 2012, Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Criminal Law, Procedural Laws | AML/CFT law, asset forfeiture, asset freezing, bankruptcy exclusion, benefit recovery order, Chapter 7 Civil Procedure Law, Civil Procedure Law, confiscation order, criminal procedure interface, enforcement of judgments, financial crimes recovery, freezing order, instrumentalities of crime, Ministry of Justice, money laundering, mutual legal assistance, predicate offenses, preliminary injunction, proceeds of crime, Provisional Remedies for Proceeds of Crime Act, realization of property, Receivership, Republic of Liberia, seizure and confiscation, statutory amendment, tainted property, temporary restraining order, terrorist financing, third-party interests, Title 1 Liberian Code of Laws Revised, voidable transfers, winding up of corporations | provisional-remedies-of-crime-act-of-2012 | aml-cft-law asset-forfeiture asset-freezing bankruptcy-exclusion benefit-recovery-order chapter-7-civil-procedure-law civil-procedure-law confiscation-order criminal-procedure-interface enforcement-of-judgments financial-crimes-recovery freezing-order instrumentalities-of-crime ministry-of-justice money-laundering mutual-legal-assistance predicate-offenses preliminary-injunction proceeds-of-crime provisional-remedies-for-proceeds-of-crime-act realization-of-property receivership republic-of-liberia seizure-and-confiscation statutory-amendment tainted-property temporary-restraining-order terrorist-financing third-party-interests title-1-liberian-code-of-laws-revised voidable-transfers winding-up-of-corporations | 2012 anti-corruption-laws anti-money-laundering-laws criminal-law procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts |