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Most Popular Legal Definitions
indigent
A poor person; not penniless, but in need and who has no financial support
whatsoever.
adverse possession
means to acquire title to land through obvious occupancy of the land, while
claiming ownership for the period of years set by the law of the state where the
property exists
extradition
The arrest and delivery of a fugitive wanted for a crime committed in another
country.
money
An item accepted by all as payment for debts or for goods or services.
class
in legal terms, all those persons in the same category, level of rights, or who
have suffered from the same incident
fugitive
one who runs away to avoid arrest, prosecution, or imprisonment.
judicial interim release
Pre-trial release of an individual accused of a crime; bail.
quorum
The minimum number of voting members that must
be in attendance at a meeting of an organization for that meeting to be
regularly constituted.
overrule
1) providing a decision on a case that is in
opposition to previous decisions 2) reject an opposition in a court proceeding
3) to nullify or make void
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