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Most Popular Legal Definitions

commercial arbitration

arbitration of a dispute as to a trade transaction for the supply or exchange of goods or services

clear title

Holding ownership to real property without any claims by others on the owner's title and no history of past claims which might affect the ownership.

sub judice

 A matter that is still under consideration by a court.

damages

cash compensation ordered by a court to offset losses or suffering caused by another's fault or negligence

statement of defense

A defendant's written answer or reply to a statement of claim, admitting or denying each and every one of the facts contained in the statement of claim and alleging such facts as the defendant wishes to assert at trial in opposition to the plaintiff's case.

grievance arbitration

The resolution of a dispute as to an alleged grievance by arbitration.

general deterrence

A sentencing objective which aims to discourage persons other than the offender from committing a similar offense. For example, harsh sentencing for being in possession of a firearm along with crack cocaine is meant to be a general deterrence towards the violent crime associated with distributing crack cocaine.

notorious possession

Occupation of real property or holding personal property in a way which anyone can observe is as if the person is the owner.

crumbling skull rule

a legal theory, companion to the thin skull rule, which limits a tort defendant's exposure to a plaintiff's injuries to the plaintiff's condition at the time of the tort

robbery

Theft under threat or use of force.