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Most Popular Legal Definitions
distress
A common law remedy available to landlords to hold the tenant's belongings while
the tenant is behind on rent but continues to occupy the premises.
misdemeanor
A crime of lesser seriousness than a felony where the punishment might be a fine
or prison for less than one year.
letters rogatory
A request of a judge in one jurisdiction to a court of another, to examine a
specific witness.
blue sky laws
laws intended to protect the public from purchasing stock in fraudulent
companies that lack substance, such as those selling swamp land, non-existent
gold strikes and dry oil wells, or who have no assets besides a post office box
mistrial
A partial or complete trial which is found to be null and void and of no effect
because of some irregularity.
estate
1) a term that commonly relates to the total sum of assets controlled by a
single person, usually determined for the purposes of a will or inheritance
after an individual dies 2) can also refer to someone's ownership or right of a
specific property
calumny
intentional and generally malicious false
accusation of a crime or other offense designed to damage one's reputation
nation
A distinct group or race of people that share
history, traditions and culture
petit jury
ordinary trial jury consisting of 12 persons whose job it is to uncover facts in
dispute in criminal or civil proceedings
impaired
A deterioration of an individual's judgment and decrease in his or her's
physical ability. In law, it used primarily in regards to a person who is
driving while ability impaired by alcohol or drugs. (D.W.A.I.) A DWAI is
different from a DWI in that it doesn't require a predetermined B.A.C.