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Most Popular Legal Definitions
admission of evidence
judge's acceptance of evidence in a trial
confiscate
1) to take or seize 2) seized or surrendered in response to a penalty or
issuance of law
coparcenary
an obsolete co-ownership mechanism of English law where property, if there was
no will, always went to the eldest son.
fascism
A form of government which is authoritarian and oppressively conservative, who
believes in the supremacy of the stated national group.
executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to
administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected
third-party beneficiary
A person who is not a party to a contract but
has legal rights
search and seizure
Examination of a person's premises for evidence
of criminal activity.
chancery
A court that can order acts to be performed.
Today, chancery courts are merged with courts of law in most states.
nugatory
Of no force or effect; invalid.
quid pro quo
Latin, something for something.