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Most Popular Legal Definitions
juvenile
1) childish; immature; relating to youth or
children 2) an individual under the age specified by state law, determined for
various reasons, the requirement to have legal guardian present in a court of
law and for the levying of different charges or consequences compared to crimes
or infractions committed by adults
lien
A property right which remains attached to an object that has been sold, but not
totally paid for, until complete payment has been made.
copyright
the exclusive right to produce or reproduce (copy), to perform in public or to
publish an original literary or artistic work, pursuant to a statute usually
called the Copyright Act, or some similar name
bar association
organization of lawyers; there are two types, one of which is official and
usually called an "integrated bar," which is qualified by the particular state's
highest court to establish rules for admission and conduct; there are also local
bar associations by city or county which are unofficial and voluntary, but do
conduct the business of attorneys, such as settling fee disputes and working
with the local courts on rules; there is also the American Bar Association, a
national voluntary organization of attorneys
pari delicto
Latin, of equal fault.
appreciation
the increase in value through the natural course of events as distinguished from
improvements or additions
quasi-delict
In civil law, a delict (wrong) caused by negligence.
procedural law
Rules governing legal process such as the rules of evidence and enforcing legal
rights and obligations.
doctrine
A rule or principle or the law established
through the repeated application of legal precedents.
blue sky laws
laws intended to protect the public from purchasing stock in fraudulent
companies that lack substance, such as those selling swamp land, non-existent
gold strikes and dry oil wells, or who have no assets besides a post office box