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Most Popular Legal Definitions
rider
A written amendment as to the coverage of an
existing life or health insurance policy.
annuity
1) an annual sum paid from a policy or gift 2)
short for a purchased annuity policy which will pay dividends to the owner
regularly for years or for life
authorities
1) previous decisions by courts of appeal which
provide legal guidance to a court on questions in a current lawsuit, which are
called "precedents;" legal briefs (written arguments) are often called "points
and authorities; thus, a lawyer "cites" the previously decided cases as
"authorities" for his/her legal positions 2) a common term for law enforcement,
as in "I'm going to call the authorities" (i.e. police)
regicide
the murdering of a king
attestation
the act of witnessing a signature for the
purpose of declaring that a document was properly signed and declared by the
signer to be his or her signature
criminal libel
a criminal offense; deliberate publication of defamatory lies which the
publisher knows to be false
mercy
to be placed at the discretion of a judge in relation to punishable offenses
utter
1) To issue a forged document. 2) to speak.
martial law
The suspension of regular government and habeas corpus or the reliance of
military law enforcement.
unissued stock
A corporation's shares of stock which are
authorized by its articles of incorporation but have never been issued to
anyone.