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Most Popular Legal Definitions
juvenile
1) childish; immature; relating to youth or
children 2) an individual under the age specified by state law, determined for
various reasons, the requirement to have legal guardian present in a court of
law and for the levying of different charges or consequences compared to crimes
or infractions committed by adults
moot court
Fictional or hypothetical trials, usually hosted by law schools, as training for
future barristers or litigators.
young offender
Young persons in many states are treated differently than adult criminals and
are generally tried in special youth courts.
not guilty
innocent; a general plea made in response to a charge
transferee
A person who receives property being
transferred.
interlocutory
Proceedings taken during the course of a
trial.
natural justice
Basic or fundamental judicial rights extended to a person with rights at issue.
adverse party
opposite side in a lawsuit
descendant
person who are born of, or from children of, another are called that person's
descendants
force majuere
French for an act of God; an inevitable,
unpredictable act of nature.