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Most Popular Legal Definitions
habitual offender
A person who is convicted and sentenced for crimes over a period of time and
despite incarceration demonstrates a propensity towards future criminal conduct.
novation
Agreement of parties to a contract to substitute a new contract for the old one.
refugee
A person who is outside his state of origin or
of residence who cannot return without exposure to human-rights related
persecution.
sublicense
The grant by a licensee of certain licensed
rights to a third party.
X
A form of signature upon contracts by persons
illiterate.
bar
1) collectively all attorneys, as "the bar," which comes from the bar or
railing which separates the general spectator area of the courtroom from the
area reserved for judges, attorneys, parties and court officials 2) to prevent
some legal maneuver, as in "barring" a lawsuit due to the running out of the
time to file 3) to prohibit and keep someone from entering a room, building or
real property
abstract
In general, a summary of a record or document, for example, a Department of
Motor Vehicles Driving Abstract which contains a summary of offenses or fines
levied against your license.
qui facit per alium facit per se
Latin, he who acts through another, acts himself.
husband-wife privilege
A special right that married persons have to
keep communications between them secret and even inaccessible to a court of
law.
articles of impeachment
the charges brought to impeach a public official