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Most Popular Legal Definitions
land
an area confined only by set-forth constraints; generally indicates an expanse
that includes all things upwards or downwards meaning houses, any structures,
and resources below the earth
insanity
A disorder which impairs the human mind and prevents distinguishing between
right and wrong.
force
1) generally indicates a level of real or
perceived violence; to break-through; to impose 2)strength; power
holograph will
A will that is not witnessed and is written in the handwriting of the testator.
specific deterrence
Deterrence, as an objective of sentencing, which is fit to a particular
offender.
bar examination
examination given in each state by either the highest court or, if an
"integrated" bar, by the state bar association (subject to appeal to the State
Supreme Court) for admission as an attorney
squatter
an individual that lives on the land of another or that is publicly owned
without consent or legal authority
deem
to accept a document or an event as conclusive of a certain status in the
absence of evidence or facts which would normally be required to prove that
status
joint tenancy
When two or more people are equal owners of a property
monarchy
A form of government in which law-making power is given to a single person