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Most Popular Legal Definitions
severance pay
An amount of money an employer owes to an
employee in lieu of notice, in exchange for the employee's agreement to sever an
employment contract forthwith.
satisfaction of mortgage
A document signed by a lender acknowledging that a mortgage has been fully
paid.
pro socio
Latin, on behalf of a partnership.
obscenity
A publication which is illegal because it is
morally corrupt.
offer
An explicit proposal.
reasonable doubt
A threshold of proof in criminal cases which requires the trier of fact to be
sure of the defendant's guilt before convicting.
ultimatum
a final proposition that if met with resistance could result in force or other
form of final judgement
anticipatory breach
when a party to a contract repudiates on his or her obligations under that
contract before fully performing those obligations
husband-wife privilege
A special right that married persons have to
keep communications between them secret and even inaccessible to a court of
law.
censure
1) to provide judgment 2) placing blame or condemnation