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Most Popular Legal Definitions
long arm statues
Each court is bound to a territorial jurisdiction and does not normally have
jurisdiction over persons that reside outside of that jurisdiction.
boilerplate
slang for provision in a contract, form or legal
pleading which are apparently routine; the term comes from an old method of
printing.
succession
The statutory rules of inheritance of a dead
person's estate when the property is not given by the terms of a will, also
called laws of "descent and distribution."
obscenity
A publication which is illegal because it is
morally corrupt.
occupancy
the act of holding or taking possession
presumption of death
A presumption such that after a number of years, or events, an individual is
presumed to be dead and his estate managed accordingly.
utter
1) To issue a forged document. 2) to speak.
want of prosecution
An application to a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the litigant has
inexcusably delayed moving the litigation along and that under the given
circumstances the litigation ought to be dismissed.
collusion
secretive agreement between two or more persons,
who seem to have conflicting interests, to abuse the law or the legal system,
deceive a court or to defraud a third party
judicial review
a process where the Court is asked to rule on the appropriateness of the
decision of an administrative agency or tribunal.