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Most Popular Legal Definitions
voir dire
A mini hearing held during trial on the admissibility of contested
evidence.
qui facit per alium facit per se
Latin, he who acts through another, acts himself.
monopoly
A commercial advantage enjoyed by only one or a select few companies.
admission against interest
admission of the truth of a fact by any person, but especially by the parties to
a lawsuit, when a statement obviously would do that person harm, be
embarrassing, or be against his/her personal or business interests
anti-trust laws
acts adopted by Congress to outlaw or restrict
business practices considered to be monopolistic or which restrain interstate
commerce; the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 declared illegal "every contract,
combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce" between states or
foreign countries; the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, amended by the
Robinson-Patman Act of 1936, prohibits discrimination among customers through
pricing and disallows mergers, acquisitions or takeovers of one firm by another
if the effect will "substantially lessen competition"
unreasonable search and seizure
Search of an individual or his/her premises by a
law enforcement officer without a search warrant and without "probable cause" to
believe evidence of a crime is present.
m'naughten rule
A traditional "right and wrong" test of legal insanity
criminal law
body of law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole
that it is prohibited by statute, prosecuted and punished by the government
aliquot
a definite fractional share, usually applied when dividing and distributing a
deceased person's estate or trust assets
legalism
The rigorous and ruthless adherence to the word of the law.