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Most Popular Legal Definitions
child support
A court ordered mandate for funds to be paid by one parent to the custodial
parent of a minor child after divorce.
precedent
A case which establishes legal principles to a certain set of facts.
tenure
A right of holding or occupying land or a
position for a certain amount of time.
admission
1. statement made by a party to a lawsuit or a criminal defendant that certain
facts are true. 2. accepting the truth of an argument not previously proven 3.
the granting of permission as in to enter or act in a certain function 4.
agreement to a statement made by another
adverse
clearly contrary, such as; an adverse party being the one suing you; adverse
interest in real property is a claim against the property, such as an easement.
advancement
gift made by a person to one of his or her children or heirs in anticipation of
a gift from the still-living parent's potential estate as an advance on one's
inheritance; one should obtain proof that the advanced sum was against the
projected inheritance
disrate
A term of maritime law where an officer or other seaman is either demoted in
rank or deprived of a promotion.
champerty
An agreement between the party suing in a lawsuit and another person, usually an
attorney, who agrees to finance and carry the lawsuit in return for a percentage
of the recovery.
mandamus
A writ which commands an individual, organization, or court to perform a certain
action, usually to correct a prior illegal action or a failure to act in the
first place.
functus officio
Latin, an officer or agency whose mandate has expired either because of the
arrival of an expiration date or because an agency has accomplished the purpose
for which it was created.