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Most Popular Legal Definitions
session
1) A meeting of a court for a particular period
of time. 2) the term of an appeals court covering several months.
adjudication
1. the act of giving a judicial ruling such as a judgment or decree 2. order
declaring a debtor bankrupt is called an adjudication in bankruptcy proceedings
3. when land satisfies a debt or is given additional security
manslaughter
Unlawful killing of a human being without malice.
vest
To give an absolute right to title or ownership.
adhesion contract
A contract so imbalanced in favor of one party over the other that there is a
strong implication it was not freely bargained. (For example, a poor tenant
cannot afford to move out and the landlord places extreme stipulations on
allowing him to live there.)
malicious prosecution
A tort which compensates a person for the malicious, unfounded and unsuccessful
institution of criminal or disciplinary proceedings.
after-discovered evidence
evidence found by a losing party after a trial has been completed and judgment
given, also called newly-discovered evidence; if the evidence absolutely could
not have been discovered at the time of the trial, then it may be considered on
a motion for a new trial
massachusetts trust
A unique way to organize a business where the property is bought by a trustee
and the trustee issues trust units, which the investors hold s beneficiaries.
seisin
The legal possession of property. In law, the term refers more specifically to
the possession of land by a freeholder.
accommodation
1) a favor done without compensation, such as a signature guaranteeing payment
of a debt, sometimes called an accommodation endorsement 2) compromising with an
for the sake of resolution