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Most Popular Legal Definitions
legal custody
A child custody decision which entails the right
to make, or participate in, the significant decisions affecting a child's health
and welfare.
minutes
The official record of a meeting.
inscrutable fault
A judicial finding that a fault has occurred but the court is unable to locate
the source, to pinpoint a tortfeasor.
unfavorable witness
A witness that merely gives unfavorable answers
to questions posed during examination in chief, that party may not cross examine
the witness but may still lead evidence in contradiction.
life tenant
The beneficiary of a life estate.
consign
to leave an item of property in the custody of another
approach the bench
an attorney's movement from the counsel table to the front of the judge's bench;
an attorney must ask permission before approaching the bench
religious test
a clause in the US Constitution that prevents unethical alliance between church
and state or a general favoring of any specific religious
belief
administrative hearing
hearing before any governmental agency or before an administrative law judge;
there is no jury, but the agency or the administrative law judge will make a
ruling
variance
1) An exception to a zoning ordinance,
authorized by the appropriate governmental body. 2) a difference between what
the prosecution has charged and what it has proved. 3) a difference between what
is alleged and what is proved in a civil complaint.