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Most Popular Legal Definitions

boiler room

a telephone bank operation in which fast-talking telemarketers or campaigners attempt to sell stock, services, goods, or candidates and act as if they are calling from an established company or brokerage; often the telemarketers are totally fraudulent and in violation of security laws

donor

The person who donates property to the benefit of another, usually, through the legal mechanism of a trust.

steal

The taking of something from another without any legal right to do so.

dominant tenement

Used when referring to easements to specify that property (i.e. tenement) or piece of land that benefits from, or has the advantage of, an easement.

agent

A person who is authorized to act for another (the principal) through employment, by contract or apparent authority; the importance is that the agent can bind the principal by contract or create liability if he or she causes injury while in the scope of the agency

collective bargaining

trade agreement negotiation between an employer and a person's representative to govern hiring, work, pay and dispute resolution

alien

1) person who is not a citizen of the country 2) in the United States, any person born in another country to parents who are not American and who has not become a naturalized citizen; there are resident aliens officially permitted to live in the country and illegal aliens who have sneaked into the country or stayed beyond the time permitted on a visa 3) to convey title to property

mutual

referring to anything in which both parties have reciprocal rights, understanding, or agreement.

indemnity

Contract with a third-party to perform another's obligations if called upon to do so by the third-party, whether the other has defaulted or not.

sustain

In trial practice, for a judge to agree that an attorney's objection, such as a question, is valid.