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Most Popular Legal Definitions

employment standards

Minimum employee rights extended for work within the relevant jurisdiction

letters rogatory

A request of a judge in one jurisdiction to a court of another, to examine a specific witness.

adhesion contract

A contract so imbalanced in favor of one party over the other that there is a strong implication it was not freely bargained. (For example, a poor tenant cannot afford to move out and the landlord places extreme stipulations on allowing him to live there.)

livery

 Delivery. An archaic legal word from the feudal system referring to the actual legal transmission of possession of an object to another.

buy-sell agreement

contract among owners of a business which provides terms for their purchase of a withdrawing partner's or stockholder's interest in the enterprise

beneficial interest

the right of a party to some profit, distribution, or benefit from a contract or trust

syndicate

A joint venture among individuals and/or corporations to accomplish a particular business objective.

accused

person charged with a crime.

decedent

an individual who has died

Zone or zoning

The area of