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Most Popular Legal Definitions

severance pay

An amount of money an employer owes to an employee in lieu of notice, in exchange for the employee's agreement to sever an employment contract forthwith.

satisfaction of mortgage

A document signed by a lender acknowledging that a mortgage has been fully paid.

pro socio

Latin, on behalf of a partnership.

obscenity

A publication which is illegal because it is morally corrupt.

offer

An explicit proposal.

reasonable doubt

A threshold of proof in criminal cases which requires the trier of fact to be sure of the defendant's guilt before convicting.

ultimatum

a final proposition that if met with resistance could result in force or other form of final judgement

anticipatory breach

when a party to a contract repudiates on his or her obligations under that contract before fully performing those obligations

husband-wife privilege

A special right that married persons have to keep communications between them secret and even inaccessible to a court of law.

censure

1) to provide judgment 2) placing blame or condemnation