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Most Popular Legal Definitions
prorogation
To end a session of a Parliament, and all business then on the agenda, until it
is summoned to reconvene.
enactment
law or statute; a document which is published as
an enforceable set of written rules is said to be enacted
district attorney
An attorney responsible for prosecuting criminal
charges on behalf of the government.
stay of execution
an order that temporarily holds the execution of a court judgment; either
administered for a set time period or until further consideration by the
court
Back to back life sentence
slang for consecutive life terms; this differs from two concurrent life
sentences which allows the defendant to serve time for each simultaneously
assumption of risk
1) taking a chance in a potentially dangerous
situation, for example; by going on a ski-lift the person claims a certain
assumption of risk 2) act of contracting to take over the risk, such as buying
the right to a shipment and accepting the danger it could be damaged or
unprofitable
criminal bankruptcy
the forced bankruptcy of a convicted
person
escheat
Where property is returned to the government
upon the death of its owner, because there is nobody to inherit the
property
fiqh
Also spelled fikh, it is the law of Islam.
affirmative defense
part of an answer to a charge or complaint in which a defendant takes the
offense and responds to the allegations with his or her own charges