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Most Popular Legal Definitions
discharge
A sentence of a person found guilty of a crime
in which that person does not receive a criminal record of conviction, either
absolutely or conditionally.
lawsuit
legal claim brought on by one individual or
party and levied against another
capital
1) From Latin for caput, meaning 'head', the basic assets of a business or of
an individual, including actual funds, equipment and property as distinguished
from stock in trade, inventory, payroll, maintenance and services. 2) related to
the basic assets or activities of a business or individual, such as capital
account, capital assets, capital expenditure, and capital gain or loss 3) an
amount of money a person owns
constructive dismissal
Under the employment law of some states, judges will consider a situation where
there has been a fundamental violation of the rights of an employee, by the
employer, so severe that the employee would have the right to consider himself
as dismissed, even though, in fact, there has been no act of dismissal on the
part of the employer.
assignment
act of transferring an interest in property or some right (such as contract
benefits) to another
fourteenth amendment
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution as a part
of the Civil War amendments designed to give full civil and legal rights to
slaves, incorporated the Bill of Rights into state law, created the due process
clause, and is known as the greatest expansion of individual rights since the
Bill of Rights
suit
Generic term for any filing of a complaint (or
petition) asking for legal redress by judicial action.
conscientious objector
an individual following religious or moral law that disallow them from entering
armed services
riot
Three or more persons who assemble and advance a purpose together, using force
if necessary, and raising alarm of a reasonable person.
interloper
A person, who with legal right to do so, runs a
business or who wrongfully interferes or intercepts another's business.