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Most Popular Legal Definitions
pendente lite
Latin for "during litigation."
commodum ex injuria sua nemo habere debet
Latin, "A wrongdoer should not be enabled by law to take any advantage from his
actions."
punitive damages
Special and highly exceptional damages ordered
by a court against a defendant where the act or omission which caused the suit
was particularly heinous or malicious.
law
All the rules of conduct that have been approved
by the government and which are in force over a certain territory and which must
be obeyed by all persons on that territory.
second degree murder
a non-premeditated killing, resulting from an
assault in which the death of the victim was a distinct
possibility.
pedophile
A person afflicted with pedophilia, a sexual perversion in which children are
preferred as sexual partners.
executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to
administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected
services
work performed for pay.
defalcation
1. defaulting on a debt or other obligation such to account for public or trust
funds; usually used in the context of public officials. 2. defalcation has
another legal meaning referring to the setting-off of two debts owed between two
people by the agreement to a new amount representing the balance
security
Something given to ensure the payment of a loan.