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Most Popular Legal Definitions
home invasion
A break and enter of occupied residential premises with forced confinement,
assault or battery of its occupants.
indemnity
Contract with a third-party to perform another's obligations if called upon to
do so by the third-party, whether the other has defaulted or not.
abuse of process
The use of legal process by illegal, malicious, or perverted means; for example,
serving a complaint that was not actually filed just to intimidate someone, or
filing a lawsuit that has no basis in law.
aid and abet
to help commit a crime
inure
To take effect.
bylaws
The written rules for conduct of a corporation, association, or any
organization.
writ
An official court document, signed by a judge or bearing an official court seal,
which commands the person to whom it is addressed to do something
specific.
amortalization
periodic payment plan to pay a debt in which the interest and a portion of the
principal are included in each payment by an established mathematical formula;
by figuring the interest on the declining principal and the number of years of
the loan, the monthly payments are averaged and determined; since the main
portion of the early payments is interest, the principal does not decline
rapidly until the latter stages of the loan term; if the amortization leaves a
principal balance at the close of the time for repayment, this final lump sum is
called a "balloon" payment
bona fide
Latin for "good faith," it signifies honesty, for example, "The defendant made
a bona fide attempt to arrive in court on time"
pleadings
The document of a party to litigation in which
they formally set out the facts and the laws that support each sides
position.