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Most Popular Legal Definitions
session
1) A meeting of a court for a particular period
of time. 2) the term of an appeals court covering several months.
society
A group of people formed as a separate organization and which has as a stated
purpose some charitable or benevolent purpose.
conversion
a legal action against a person who found and converted someone else's property
to his own use
lex scripta
Latin, written law; statutes.
religious test
a clause in the US Constitution that prevents unethical alliance between church
and state or a general favoring of any specific religious
belief
lunatic
an individual of unsound mind.
lease
A special kind of contract between a property
owner and a person wanting temporary enjoyment and exclusive use of the
property, in exchange for rent paid.
defense attorney
Lawyers who represent persons facing criminal
charges
perpetuating testimony
The recording of evidence when it is feared that
the person with that evidence may soon die or disappear and that this person's
evidence, if recorded, could then be used in the future to prevent a possible
injustice or to support a future claim of property.
superseding cause
the same as in "intervening cause" or "supervening cause," which occurs after
the initial act leading to an accident and substantially causes the
accident.