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Most Popular Legal Definitions
positive law
Law proper, as opposed to moral laws, or to natural or "God-made" law.
abatement
(1) in terms of an amount, the taking away, reduction, or allowed discount (2)
in a situation, the suppression or removal of symptoms. For example, "the
abatement of pollution."
non-profit
Operated as nearly as possible at cost; an organization not seeking profit and
which does not disgorge excess income to its members
democracy
form of government in which the people freely govern themselves; where the
executive (or administrative) and law-making (or legislative) power is given to
persons chosen by the population; the free people
accretion
1) in real estate, the increase of the actual land due to a stream, lake, or sea
by the action of the water which deposits soil upon the shoreline 2) when a
beneficiary of the deceased gets more of the estate than originally intended due
to the death of or rejection by another beneficiary
legislative branch
The elected law-making branch of government.
lessor
The person who grants a lease, usually the owner of the thing leased.
lis pendens
Latin, a dispute or matter which is the subject of ongoing or pending
litigation.
motion
A proposal made to a Court or at a meeting and intended to be considered and
decided upon.
building and loan
another name for savings and loans association