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Most Popular Legal Definitions
disrate
A term of maritime law where an officer or other seaman is either demoted in
rank or deprived of a promotion.
sixth amendment
A 1791 amendment to the American Constitution guaranteeing fundamental rights in
criminal proceedings such as speedy trial, impartiality, public evidence of
witnesses and a right to a lawyer.
admission to bail
order of a court in a criminal case allowing the defendant to be freed pending
trial if he/she posts bail in an amount set by the court; although the U.S.
Constitution guarantees the right to bail, in extreme cases (murder, rape, or
treason) the court is not required to admit a prisoner to bail of any amount due
to the likelihood of the defendant fleeing the area or causing greater harm
adopt
1) to take on a particular relationship of parent to child of another person by
official legal action 2) to accept or make use of, such as to adopt another
party's argument in a lawsuit
American Bar Association
The largest organization of American lawyers, which is prestigious for
formulating guidelines for the practice of law, giving direction to legislation,
lobbying for the law profession, and evaluating federal judges; less then
one-third of attorneys belong to the A.B.A
industrial design
A new product or packaging design, or some such ornamental feature, and eligible
for intellectual property protection.
jus
Latin, the law or a right.
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.
defamation
an attack on the good reputation of a person, by slander or libel
proof in solemn form
The pronouncement by a court that a will is
formally approved and not subject to later contest, with the exception of fraud
or a later will.