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Most Popular Legal Definitions
summary judgment
A court order ruling that no factual issues remain to be tried and therefore a
cause of action or all causes of action in a complaint can be decided upon
certain facts without trial.
justice
a state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the
circumstances.
home invasion
A break and enter of occupied residential premises with forced confinement,
assault or battery of its occupants.
lay day
A term of maritime law contract: days stipulated
for the loading or unloading of cargo from a ship.
sick leave
Time off from work, paid or unpaid, on account of an employee's temporary
inability to perform duties because of sickness or disability.
decedent
an individual who has died
cross examination
in trials, each party calls witnesses; ask questions of the other party's
witness(es) allowing considerably more latitude then when you question your own
witnesses (called an 'examination-in-chief
civil liability
The potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-mandated
conditions in a lawsuit, as opposed to criminal liability, which means open to
punishment in accordance to criminal law.
diplomat
an official representative of a state, present in another state for the purposes
of general representation of the state-of-origin or for the purpose of specific
international negotiations on behalf of the diplomat's state-of-origin.
statutory rape
A statutory rape which allows for conviction regardless of the consent, such as
with a minor.