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Most Popular Legal Definitions
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to cross out, annul, destroy, void or rescind a document
commercial arbitration
arbitration of a dispute as to a trade transaction for the supply or exchange of
goods or services
trespass
Unlawful interference with another's person,
property, or rights.
blue ribbon jury
jury selected from prominent, well-educated citizens, sometimes to investigate a
particular problem such as civic corruption; use of blue ribbon juries in
criminal cases violates the right to have a jury of one's peers
prosecutor
a lawyer that works on behalf of the government who brings suit against another
for a crime
paralegal
A person who is not a lawyer but provides a
limited number of legal services.
bench
1) general term for all judges, as in "the bench," or for the particular judge
or panel of judges, as in an order coming from the "bench." 2) the large,
usually long and wide desk raised above the level of the rest of the courtroom,
at which the judge or panel of judges sit
preliminary hearing
the initial hearing at which the prosecutor
presents applicable evidence to a judge to show probable cause for the arrest
and that the individual committed a crime; can also refer to any court
proceeding that occurs before an actual trial
shotgun clause
A buy-sell agreement in which a shareholder
desires to sell his or her shares, or an irreconcilable disagreement on a
fundamental issue in regards to the corporation breaks out
between shareholders, the sale
can be forced by the sell of the holdings of one shareholder to another.larceny
A criminal offense now more commonly known as
theft, covering the unlawful or fraudulent removal of another's property without
the owner's full consent.