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Most Popular Legal Definitions
fault
A breach of duty or negligence and, under some
circumstances, the errors or omissions of others or of things under a person's
control.
duress
where a person is prevented from acting, or not
acting, according to their free will by threat or force of another
next of kin
The nearest blood relative of a deceased.
just cause
Employment law: misconduct of an employee, or some other event relevant to the
employee, which justifies the immediate termination of the employment contract.
estate
1) a term that commonly relates to the total sum of assets controlled by a
single person, usually determined for the purposes of a will or inheritance
after an individual dies 2) can also refer to someone's ownership or right of a
specific property
theocracy
A form of government which defers not to civil
development of law, but to an interpretation of the will of a God as set out in
religious scripture and authorities.
halliday order
A special court order in regards to document
disclosure where a lawyer for a litigant first reviews documents from specified
sources and identifies and proposes to set aside and distinguish documents for
reasons of privilege, privacy, confidentiality, or the potential personal embarrassment of the party given the personal nature of the information in the
document.
debtor
person who owes money, goods or services to another, the latter being referred
to as the creditor
mercy
to be placed at the discretion of a judge in relation to punishable offenses
usurpation
the act of taking the property, right, or general possession of another under
the guise of law without actual authority to do so