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Most Popular Legal Definitions
collusion
secretive agreement between two or more persons,
who seem to have conflicting interests, to abuse the law or the legal system,
deceive a court or to defraud a third party
parens patriae
Latin, inherent jurisdiction of the courts to make decisions concerning people
who are not able to take care of themselves.
nuisance
The unreasonable, unwarranted and/or unlawful use of property, which causes
inconvenience or damage to others, either to individuals and/or to the general
public.
pedophile
A person afflicted with pedophilia, a sexual perversion in which children are
preferred as sexual partners.
code
a system of rules set-forth by an appropriate body or power
double jeopardy
A prohibition against being tried or sentenced
twice for the same offense.
prohibition
A legal restriction against the use of something or against certain
conduct.
capitalization
1) the act of counting anticipated earnings and expenses as capital assets for
accounting purposes 2) The amount of anticipated net earnings which
hypothetically can be used for conversion into capital assets.
anti-trust laws
acts adopted by Congress to outlaw or restrict
business practices considered to be monopolistic or which restrain interstate
commerce; the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 declared illegal "every contract,
combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce" between states or
foreign countries; the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, amended by the
Robinson-Patman Act of 1936, prohibits discrimination among customers through
pricing and disallows mergers, acquisitions or takeovers of one firm by another
if the effect will "substantially lessen competition"
articles of impeachment
the charges brought to impeach a public official