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Most Popular Legal Definitions
citizen
A person who by place of birth, nationality of one or both parents, or by going
through a naturalization process has sworn loyalty to a nation.
malice
a conscious, intentional wrongdoing either of a civil wrong or a criminal act.
This intention includes ill-will and hatred.
alibi
In Latin, it means "in another place;" taken as an excuse used by a person
accused or suspected of a crime.
spousal support
Payments to an ex-spouse which are temporary or indefinite, designed to pool and
share the income of both spouses for that period of time necessary for the
lower-income spouse to become economically self-sufficient.
collective bargaining
trade agreement negotiation between an employer and a person's representative to
govern hiring, work, pay and dispute resolution
criminal harassment
unsolicited annoying, alarming or abusive conduct or words which are threatening
non joinder
the omission of a plaintiff of defendant from a legal proceeding who should have
been included
Hatch Act
In the U.S., a statute which controls political
activity of government employees.
blackmail
the crime of threatening to reveal embarrassing, disgraceful or damaging facts
(or rumors) about a person to the public, family, spouse or associates unless
paid off to not carry out the threat
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.