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Most Popular Legal Definitions

lay on the table

Also "to table";a term of parliamentary law and procedure which refers to a motion in regards to another motion being actively debated, but intended to defer a final disposition of the pending motion.

offer

An explicit proposal.

claim

1) To make a demand for money, for property, or for enforcement of a right provided by law. 2) the making of a demand (asserting a claim) for money due, for property, from damages or for enforcement of a right.

immigrant visa

a document providing specified rights for an alien

respite

an agreement between a debtor and creditor that grants an individual time to satisfy debts due to a momentary inability to pay

mistrial

A partial or complete trial which is found to be null and void and of no effect because of some irregularity.

civil liability

The potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-mandated conditions in a lawsuit, as opposed to criminal liability, which means open to punishment in accordance to criminal law.

landlord

A land or building owner who has leased the land or building to another person.

attached

1) referring to two buildings which are connected, or equipment which is solidly incorporated into a structure 2) referring to money or an object which is taken by court order based on a sworn claim by a plaintiff that the owner-defendant being sued may soon depart to avoid payment of the debt

larceny

A criminal offense now more commonly known as theft, covering the unlawful or fraudulent removal of another's property without the owner's full consent.