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Most Popular Legal Definitions
law
All the rules of conduct that have been approved
by the government and which are in force over a certain territory and which must
be obeyed by all persons on that territory.
call
demand by a corporation that a stockholder pay an installment or assessment on
shares already owned
prospectus
A document in which a corporation sets out the
material details of a share or bond issue and invites the public to invest by
purchasing them.
regicide
the murdering of a king
rebuttable presumption
A presumption of fact which can be defeated by
persuasive evidence to the contrary.
lis pendens
Latin, a dispute or matter which is the subject of ongoing or pending
litigation.
vendee
A buyer, particularly of real property.
open adoption
a type of adoption; becoming legal parent to an individual where information
about and, at times, access from the biological parents is permitted
Attorney General
highest ranking legal officer of the government in each state and the federal
government; the federal Attorney General is chief of the Department of Justice
appointed by the President with confirmation required by the Senate, and a
member of the Cabinet
trial
The resolution of a dispute by examination of
evidence submitted by opposing litigants by a tribunal or Court of law, and
determination of guilt or civil dispute of fact or law.