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Most Popular Legal Definitions
coparcenary
an obsolete co-ownership mechanism of English law where property, if there was
no will, always went to the eldest son.
actual controversy
A true legal dispute which leads to a genuine lawsuit rather than merely a
"cooked up" legal action filed to get a court to give the equivalent of an
advisory opinion.
quistclose trust
A trust which arises to the benefit of the donor
when property is advanced for a specific purpose and that purpose
fails.
judicial discretion
The power that law gives the Court of a judge to
choose among multiple alternative, each being lawful.
power of attorney
A document which gives a person the right to
make binding decisions for another.
caveat emptor
Latin for "let the buyer beware." The basic premise that the buyer buys at
his/her own risk and therefore should examine and test a product himself/herself
for obvious defects and imperfections.
assess
set a value on property
assault
1) to threat or attempt to strike another, whether successful or not, provided
the target was aware of it 2) The act of committing an assault, for example;
"There was an assault on second avenue this morning"
autopsy
post-mortem evaluation of a deceased body
ad hoc
From Latin, meaning "for this purpose only;" thus, an ad hoc committee is formed
to serve a specific purpose; an ad hoc attorney is hired to handle one problem
and often is a specialist in a particular area.