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Most Popular Legal Definitions
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
admission
1. statement made by a party to a lawsuit or a criminal defendant that certain
facts are true. 2. accepting the truth of an argument not previously proven 3.
the granting of permission as in to enter or act in a certain function 4.
agreement to a statement made by another
just cause
Employment law: misconduct of an employee, or some other event relevant to the
employee, which justifies the immediate termination of the employment contract.
continuance
an adjournment of a trial or some other legal hearing
American Civil Liberties Union
membership organization founded in 1920 to protect and defend "the rights of man
set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution"
immunity
An exemption that a person enjoys from the
normal operation of the law.
moot court
Fictional or hypothetical trials, usually hosted by law schools, as training for
future barristers or litigators.
trust deed
another name for a deed of trust.
estoppel
A rule of law that when person A, by act or words, gives person B reason to
believe a certain set of facts upon which person B takes action, person A cannot
later, to his benefit, deny those facts or say that his earlier act was improper
criminal law
body of law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole
that it is prohibited by statute, prosecuted and punished by the government