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Most Popular Legal Definitions

abstract

In general, a summary of a record or document, for example, a Department of Motor Vehicles Driving Abstract which contains a summary of offenses or fines levied against your license.

private law

Law which regulates the relationships between individuals. Family, commercial, and labor law are examples of private law because the focus is on the relationships between corporations and relationships between individuals.

litigation

A dispute is in 'litigation' when it has become the subject of a formal court action or law suit.

joint and several liability

liability of more than one person for which each person is required to pay back the entire amount of a debt or damages.

accretion

1) in real estate, the increase of the actual land due to a stream, lake, or sea by the action of the water which deposits soil upon the shoreline 2) when a beneficiary of the deceased gets more of the estate than originally intended due to the death of or rejection by another beneficiary

syndicate

A joint venture among individuals and/or corporations to accomplish a particular business objective.

confiscate

1)  to take or seize 2) seized or surrendered in response to a penalty or issuance of law

adultery

consensual sexual relations when one of the participants is legally married to another; still a crime in some states and in many states it is grounds for divorce for the spouse of the adulterer

discrimination

A distinction based on the individual characteristics of a person resulting in some disadvantage to that individual.

sex

1) gender, as in male or female. 2) sexual intercourse