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Most Popular Legal Definitions
as is
description of a condition in a sales contract in which the buyer agrees to take
the property without right to complain if it is faulty
nunc pro tunc
Latin, deemed retroactive.
blackmail
the crime of threatening to reveal embarrassing, disgraceful or damaging facts
(or rumors) about a person to the public, family, spouse or associates unless
paid off to not carry out the threat
gross negligence
The commission or omission of an action in reckless disregard of the
consequences to the safety or property of another.
minor
A young person not yet of the age of majority; someone under legal age.
kin
A blood or marriage relative; 'next of kin' refers to the closest relative
alienation of affections
outdated term; alienation of affections was a civil wrong for which a deprived
(sexually) husband could sue the party convincing the wife to leave him, but the
right to sue has been abolished in almost all states
common law
judge-declared law; law which exists and applies to a group on the basis of
customs and legal precedents developed over hundreds of years in Britain
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.
criminal negligence
reckless disregard for the lives or safety of
other persons