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Most Popular Legal Definitions

endorsement

The signature or instructions placed on the reverse of a commercial document, for the purpose of assigning the interest therein to another

small claims

A regular court but which has simplified rules of procedure and process to deal with claims of a lesser value.

acknowledge

1) to admit or concede 2) a notary public or other officer (such as a county clerk) verifying an individual's completion of a document, such as for the power of attorney, to make it certified as legal and suitable for recording

employment standards

Minimum employee rights extended for work within the relevant jurisdiction

class

in legal terms, all those persons in the same category, level of rights, or who have suffered from the same incident

emphyteusis

In civil law, a long-term lease of land or buildings

devise

transfer or conveyance of real property by will

decapitation

the act of beheading a person, usually instantly such as with a large and heavy knife or by guillotine, as a form of capital punishment.

locus

Latin, "place", it means "place which" this or that occurred.

jus ex injuria non oritur

Latin, a legal right or entitlement cannot arise from an unlawful act or omission.