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Most Popular Legal Definitions
syndicate
A joint venture among individuals and/or corporations to accomplish a particular
business objective.
benefit of counsel
having the opportunity to have an attorney and legal advice in any legal matter,
but particularly while appearing in court
diplomatic immunity
Immunity extended to diplomat officers from
criminal and civil jurisdiction of their host state.
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
admission of guilt
statement by someone accused of a crime that he/she committed the offense
monopoly
A commercial advantage enjoyed by only one or a select few companies.
consensus ad idem
Latin, an agreement or meeting of the minds between the parties where all
understand the commitments made by each.
endorsement
The signature or instructions placed on the
reverse of a commercial document, for the purpose of assigning the interest
therein to another
boilerplate
slang for provision in a contract, form or legal
pleading which are apparently routine; the term comes from an old method of
printing.
aleatory
uncertain; usually applied to insurance contracts in which payment is dependent
on the occurrence of a contingent event, such as injury to the insured person in
an accident