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Most Popular Legal Definitions
propound
To offer a document as being authentic or valid.
district attorney
An attorney responsible for prosecuting criminal
charges on behalf of the government.
bill of attainder
legislative act which declares a named person guilty of a crime, particularly
treason; such bills are prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution.
sanction
To ratify or to approve; punish.
young offender
Young persons in many states are treated differently than adult criminals and
are generally tried in special youth courts.
private law
Law which regulates the relationships between individuals. Family, commercial,
and labor law are examples of private law because the focus is on the
relationships between corporations and relationships
between individuals.
emancipation
The act of freeing a person who was under the
legal authority of another from that control
duress
where a person is prevented from acting, or not
acting, according to their free will by threat or force of another
dicta or dictum
Latin, an observation by a judge on a matter not
specifically before the court or not necessary in determining the issue before
the court.
service
1) Paid work by another person, either by
contract or as an employee. 2) the domestic activities of a wife. 3) the
official delivery of legal documents.