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Most Popular Legal Definitions
mediator
A person who conducts mediation.
fornication
the general act of sexual intercourse between unmarried individuals; may or may
not be adultery but refers to the relationship between the individuals engaged
in the action
attorney of record
attorney who has appeared in court and/or signed pleadings or other forms on
behalf of a client; the lawyer remains the attorney of record until some other
attorney or the client substitutes for him/her, he/she is allowed by the court
to withdraw, or after the case is closed; sometimes lawyers find themselves
still on the record in cases (such as divorces) which they believe have long
since been completed
emolument
A legal word which refers to all wages, benefits
or other benefit received as compensation for holding some office or
employment
spy/spies
A person who acts clandestinely or on false
pretenses to endeavour to obtain information of or within another state with the
intention of communicating or selling it to others.
crimes against humanity
an international criminal justice offence; the perpetration of acts of war upon
a civilian, non-soldier population
capitalized value
Anticipated earnings which are discounted so that they represent a more
realistic current value since projected earnings do not always turn out as
favorable as expected or hoped.
life tenant
The beneficiary of a life estate.
moot court
Fictional or hypothetical trials, usually hosted by law schools, as training for
future barristers or litigators.
accretion
1) in real estate, the increase of the actual land due to a stream, lake, or sea
by the action of the water which deposits soil upon the shoreline 2) when a
beneficiary of the deceased gets more of the estate than originally intended due
to the death of or rejection by another beneficiary