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Most Popular Legal Definitions
surrender
1) To turn over possession of real property, either voluntarily or upon demand,
by tenant to landlord. 2) to give oneself up to law enforcement
officials.
covenant
written document in which signatories either
commit themselves to do a certain thing, to not do a certain thing or in which
they agree on a certain set of facts
onus
Latin, the burden. It is usually used in the
context of evidence.
falsa demonstratio non nacet
Latin, a wrong description of an item in a legal document will not necessarily
void the gift if it can be determined from other facts.
trade
1) a business or occupation for profit, particularly in retail or wholesale
sales or requiring special mechanical skill 2) to exchange one thing for
another
lawyer
A person who has been trained in the law and
that has been certified to give legal advice or to represent others in
litigation.
homicide
The world includes all occasions where one human
being, by commission or omission of an act, takes away the life of
another.
rescind
To abrogate or cancel a contract putting the parties in the same position they
would have been in had there been no contract.
incorporeal
Legal rights which are intangible such as
copyrights and patents.
magistrate
a public civil officer involved with legal determination or under the purview of
one of the three branches of government