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Most Popular Legal Definitions

lineal descendant

A person who is a direct descendant such as a child to his or her natural parent.

mistrial

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

consensus ad idem

Latin, an agreement or meeting of the minds between the parties where all understand the commitments made by each.

matrimonial debt

A debt contracted during a marriage and for which both spouses are liable, regardless of who contracted the debt or who is directly liable for it.

conditional discharge

a sentence of a person found guilty of a crime in which, upon completion of specified actions by the accused, no criminal record is issued as regards to the offense for which a conditional discharge was granted

district attorney

An attorney responsible for prosecuting criminal charges on behalf of the government.

adjourn

to close a meeting, convention, or any official gathering; not to be confused with a recess, meaning the meeting will break and continue at a later time.

pardon

A government decision to allow a person who has been convicted of a crime to be free and absolved of that conviction, as if never convicted.

sustain

In trial practice, for a judge to agree that an attorney's objection, such as a question, is valid.

supplemental

referring to anything that is added to complete something.