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Most Popular Legal Definitions
grievance
A claim by a union or unionized employee that a collective bargaining agreement
has been breached.
accused
person charged with a crime.
life tenant
The beneficiary of a life estate.
praecipe or precipe
Latin, the initiating document would be
presented to a court to be officially issued on behalf of the court, but now
mostly refers to the covering memo or letter from a lawyer which accompanies and
formallly asks tem for the write to be issued by the court clerk.
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
tariff
a tax levied on imports and/or exports
shareholder
Persons who own a share of a for-profit corporation.
sex
1) gender, as in male or female. 2) sexual intercourse
contempt of court
conduct that is disobedient, obstructive or contemptuous to the Court
waste
The abuse, destruction or permanent change to a property by one who is merely in
possession of it as in the case of a tenant.