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Most Popular Legal Definitions
usurious
Referring to the interest on a debt which exceeds the maximum interest rate
allowed by law.
attorney
1) an agent or someone authorized to act for another 2) a person who has been
qualified by a state or federal court to provide legal services, including
appearing in court; each state has a bar examination which is a qualifying test
to practice law
interloper
A person, who with legal right to do so, runs a
business or who wrongfully interferes or intercepts another's business.
halliday order
A special court order in regards to document
disclosure where a lawyer for a litigant first reviews documents from specified
sources and identifies and proposes to set aside and distinguish documents for
reasons of privilege, privacy, confidentiality, or the potential personal embarrassment of the party given the personal nature of the information in the
document.
labor
1) to work; to perform a duty or job 2)
exertion; collective group of workers
statutes
The written laws approved by legislatures, parliaments or elected or appointed
houses of assembly. Also known as legislation.
verification
The declaration under oath or upon penalty of
perjury that a statement or pleading is true, located at the end of a
document.
probation
A punishment given out as part of a sentence
which means that instead of jailing a person convicted of a crime, a judge will
order that the person reports to a probation officer regularly.
usurpation
the act of taking the property, right, or general possession of another under
the guise of law without actual authority to do so
inter se
tin, 'between or amongst themselves.'