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Most Popular Legal Definitions
accounts receivable
the amount of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or
clients.
next of kin
The nearest blood relative of a deceased.
arbitrator
one who conducts arbitration and serves as a judge who conducts a "mini-trial"
riot
Three or more persons who assemble and advance a purpose together, using force
if necessary, and raising alarm of a reasonable person.
private international law
A specialized branch of law which resolves cases
which have an element of conflicting foreign law.
in loco parentis
Latin, a person who thought not the natural
parent, has acted as a parent to a child and may thus be liable to legal
obligations as if they were a natural parent.
coparcenary
an obsolete co-ownership mechanism of English law where property, if there was
no will, always went to the eldest son.
attractive nuisance doctrine
legal doctrine which makes a person negligent for leaving a piece of equipment
or other condition on property which would be both attractive and dangerous to
curious children; these have included tractors, unguarded swimming pools, open
pits, and abandoned refrigerators
unreasonable search and seizure
Search of an individual or his/her premises by a
law enforcement officer without a search warrant and without "probable cause" to
believe evidence of a crime is present.
bona fide
Latin for "good faith," it signifies honesty, for example, "The defendant made
a bona fide attempt to arrive in court on time"