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Most Popular Legal Definitions
title
1) Ownership of real property or personal property, which stands against the
right of anyone else to claim the property. 2) the name for one's position in a
business or organization. 3) the name for a legal case.
bill
1) what is commonly called a "check" by which the signer requires the bank to
pay a third party a sum of money; this is a holdover from the days when a person
would draw up a "bill of exchange" 2) a statement of what is owed 3) any paper
money 4) legislative proposal for the enactment of a law; it is called a bill
until it is passed and signed, at which time it is a law (statute) and is no
longer referred to as a bill 5) an old-fashioned term for various filed
documents in lawsuits or criminal prosecutions, which is falling into disuse
void
referring to a statue, contract, ruling or anything which is null and of no
effect. A law or judgment found by an appeals court to be unconstitutional is
void, a rescinded (mutually canceled) contract is void, and a marriage which has
been annulled by court judgment is void.
mistrial
A partial or complete trial which is found to be null and void and of no effect
because of some irregularity.
estate law
A term used by the law to describe that part of
the law which regulates wills, probate and other subjects related to the
distribution of a deceased person's estate
ipso facto
from Latin meaning "by fact itself," taken to mean that a consequence came as a
result of a specific action
commodum ex injuria sua nemo habere debet
Latin, "A wrongdoer should not be enabled by law to take any advantage from his
actions."
injunction
A court order that prohibits a party from doing
something (restrictive injunction) or compels them to do something (mandatory
injunction).
challenge for cause
A request that a prospective juror be dismissed because there is a specific and
forceful reason to believe the person cannot be fair, unbiased or capable of
serving as a juror.
age discrimination
employer's unfair treatment of a current or
potential employee up to the age of 70; illegal under the Age Discrimination
Unemployment Act (1967)