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Most Popular Legal Definitions

alter ego

corporation, organization or other entity set up to provide a legal shield for the person actually controlling the operation

auditor

accountant who conducts an audit to verify the accuracy of the financial records and accounting practices of a business or government

bill

1) what is commonly called a "check" by which the signer requires the bank to pay a third party a sum of money; this is a holdover from the days when a person would draw up a "bill of exchange" 2) a statement of what is owed 3) any paper money 4) legislative proposal for the enactment of a law; it is called a bill until it is passed and signed, at which time it is a law (statute) and is no longer referred to as a bill 5) an old-fashioned term for various filed documents in lawsuits or criminal prosecutions, which is falling into disuse

prosecute

To bring judicial proceedings against a person and to administer them until the conclusion of the court proceedings.

bail

1) money or bond put up to secure the release of a person who has been charged with a crime 2) to post money or bond to secure an accused defendant's release

public domain

American copyright law term: works that are not copyright protected, free for all to use without permission.

account stated

statement between a creditor--or the person to whom money is owned--and the debtor that a particular amount is owed to the seller as of a certain date

allege

to claim that a fact is true

civil procedure

The complex and often confusing body of rules and regulations set out in both state and federal laws which establish the format under which civil lawsuits are filed, pursued and tried. Civil procedure refers only to form and procedure, and not to the substantive law which gives people the right to sue or defend a lawsuit.

broker

in general, a person who arranges contracts between a buyer and seller for a commission