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Most Popular Legal Definitions
question of privilege
A term of parliamentary law and procedure which
refers to an urgent motion made at a meeting which seeks an immediate ruling on
an alleged violation of the rights or privileges of members as a whole, or in
regards to a negative personal remark.
squatter
an individual that lives on the land of another or that is publicly owned
without consent or legal authority
belief
convinced of the truth of a statement or allegation; in a common phrase "upon
information and belief," the so-called belief is based only on unconfirmed
information, so the person declaring the belief is hedging their bet as to
whether the belief is correct
authorize
to officially empower someone to act
lunatic
an individual of unsound mind.
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
long-term offender
A convicted person for whom a court states there is a substantial risk of
re-offending.
in limine
Latin, at the beginning or on the
threshold.
falsa demonstratio non nacet
Latin, a wrong description of an item in a legal document will not necessarily
void the gift if it can be determined from other facts.
wrongful dismissal
Being fired from a job without an adequate
reason or without any reason whatsoever.