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Most Popular Legal Definitions

trespass

Unlawful interference with another's person, property, or rights.

capricious

 Unpredictable and subject to whim, often used in law to refer to judges and judicial decisions which do not follow the law, logic, or proper trial procedure.

criminal

an individual found guilty of a crime

after-acquired property

1) personal or real property acquired by a debtor after he or she has agreed that all his or her property secured a debt; the new property also becomes security for the debt 2) property acquired by the bankrupt person after he or she has filed papers to be declared bankrupt; this after-acquired property is not included in the assets which may be used to any debts which existed at the time of the bankruptcy filing

diligence

the degree of attention or care required of a person in a given situation

defense attorney

Lawyers who represent persons facing criminal charges

lex fori

The law applicable to particular legal proceedings; Latin, for the law of the forum.

lex non scripta

Latin, unwritten law; the common or custom law; as opposed to lex scripta.

statement of claim

The document which sets out the plaintiff's allegations of fact and thus, engages the judicial process by seeking trial.

a priori

From Latin, an assumption based on theory not experiment. For example, an a priori assumption would be that the sun will come up tomorrow. (as opposed to a posteriori)