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Most Popular Legal Definitions
indigent
A poor person; not penniless, but in need and who has no financial support
whatsoever.
devise
transfer or conveyance of real property by will
appellate court
court of appeals which hears appeals from lower court decisions
disbar
to revoke an attorney's right to practice law due to some malfeasance
district court
the location, pertaining to a specific legal
district, where federal cases are initially heard
criminal harassment
unsolicited annoying, alarming or abusive conduct or words which are threatening
hereditament
Some thing that can be inherited.
bifurcate
the order or ruling of a judge that one issue in a case can be tried to a
conclusion or a judgment given on one phase of the case without trying all
aspects of the matter
limited power of attorney
A POA limited by a condition or term or in regards to a specific item or
property.
concubinage
Civil law term for an unmarried couple living nonetheless as husband and wife
or, where same-sex relationships are recognized by law, such similar
cohabitation relationships.