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Most Popular Legal Definitions
abstract
In general, a summary of a record or document, for example, a Department of
Motor Vehicles Driving Abstract which contains a summary of offenses or fines
levied against your license.
private law
Law which regulates the relationships between individuals. Family, commercial,
and labor law are examples of private law because the focus is on the
relationships between corporations and relationships
between individuals.
litigation
A dispute is in 'litigation' when it has become the subject of a formal court
action or law suit.
joint and several liability
liability of more than one person for which each
person is required to pay back the entire amount of a debt or damages.
accretion
1) in real estate, the increase of the actual land due to a stream, lake, or sea
by the action of the water which deposits soil upon the shoreline 2) when a
beneficiary of the deceased gets more of the estate than originally intended due
to the death of or rejection by another beneficiary
syndicate
A joint venture among individuals and/or corporations to accomplish a particular
business objective.
confiscate
1) to take or seize 2) seized or surrendered in response to a penalty or
issuance of law
adultery
consensual sexual relations when one of the participants is legally married to
another; still a crime in some states and in many states it is grounds for
divorce for the spouse of the adulterer
discrimination
A distinction based on the individual characteristics of a person resulting in
some disadvantage to that individual.
sex
1) gender, as in male or female. 2) sexual intercourse