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Most Popular Legal Definitions
conditional discharge
a sentence of a person found guilty of a crime in which, upon completion of
specified actions by the accused, no criminal record is issued as regards to the
offense for which a conditional discharge was granted
diligence
the degree of attention or care required of a person in a given situation
jurisdiction
Refers to a court's authority to judge over a situation usually acquired in one
of three ways: over acts committed in a defined territory, over certain types of
cases, or over certain persons.
settlement
in a lawsuit, the ability for two opposing parties to compromise on their
objections before having a trial
affirmative defense
part of an answer to a charge or complaint in which a defendant takes the
offense and responds to the allegations with his or her own charges
set
To schedule, as to "set a case for trial."
brief
1) written legal argument, usually in a format prescribed by the courts, stating
the legal reasons for the suit based on statutes, regulations, case precedents,
legal texts, and reasoning applied to facts in the particular situation 2) to
summarize a precedent, case, or lay out in writing a legal argument; attentive
law students "brief" each case in their casebooks, which means extracting the
rule of law, the reasoning (rationale), the essential facts, and the outcome. 3)
to give a summary of important information to another person
pro socio
Latin, on behalf of a partnership.
just spatiandi et manendi
Latin, referring to a legal right of way granted
to the public, but only for the purposes of recreation or education, such as
upon parks or public squares.
seal
A device which creates an impression upon paper
or melted wax.