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Most Popular Legal Definitions

capitalization

1) the act of counting anticipated earnings and expenses as capital assets for accounting purposes 2) The amount of anticipated net earnings which hypothetically can be used for conversion into capital assets.

oath

A religious or solemn affirmation to tell the truth or to take a certain action.

precatory words

Words that express a wish or a desire rather than a clear command.

arguendo

Latin meaning "for the sake of argument"

in limine

Latin, at the beginning or on the threshold.

regicide

the murdering of a king

perpetuating testimony

The recording of evidence when it is feared that the person with that evidence may soon die or disappear and that this person's evidence, if recorded, could then be used in the future to prevent a possible injustice or to support a future claim of property.

addendum

an addition to a completed written document, most commonly a proposed change or explanation in a contract, or some point that has been the subject of negotiation after the contract was originally proposed by one party

genocide

The systematic killing of persons because of their ethnicity.

attempt

to actually try to commit a crime and have the ability to do so; the attempt becomes a crime in itself, and usually means one really tried to commit the crime, but failed through no decision or fault of their own