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Most Popular Legal Definitions
blackmail
the crime of threatening to reveal embarrassing, disgraceful or damaging facts
(or rumors) about a person to the public, family, spouse or associates unless
paid off to not carry out the threat
title
1) Ownership of real property or personal property, which stands against the
right of anyone else to claim the property. 2) the name for one's position in a
business or organization. 3) the name for a legal case.
parole
The early release from incarceration in which
the prisoner promises to heed certain conditions.
alienation of affections
outdated term; alienation of affections was a civil wrong for which a deprived
(sexually) husband could sue the party convincing the wife to leave him, but the
right to sue has been abolished in almost all states
broker
in general, a person who arranges contracts between a buyer and seller for a
commission
public policy
The principle that injury to the public good or
public order constitutes a basis for setting aside acts or
transactions.
nugatory
Of no force or effect; invalid.
matrimonial
Of or relating to the state of being married; of marriage
Attorney General
highest ranking legal officer of the government in each state and the federal
government; the federal Attorney General is chief of the Department of Justice
appointed by the President with confirmation required by the Senate, and a
member of the Cabinet
circumstantial evidence
Evidence in a trial which is not directly from an eyewitness or participant and
requires some reasoning to prove as fact.