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Most Popular Legal Definitions

abrogate

To annul or repeal a law or pass legislation that contradicts the prior law. It also applies to revoking or withdrawing conditions of a contract.

cancel

to cross out, annul, destroy, void or rescind a document

testimony

The oral or written evidence of a witness in a judicial proceeding, such as a trial.

accretion

1) in real estate, the increase of the actual land due to a stream, lake, or sea by the action of the water which deposits soil upon the shoreline 2) when a beneficiary of the deceased gets more of the estate than originally intended due to the death of or rejection by another beneficiary

next of kin

The nearest blood relative of a deceased.

advancement

gift made by a person to one of his or her children or heirs in anticipation of a gift from the still-living parent's potential estate as an advance on one's inheritance; one should obtain proof that the advanced sum was against the projected inheritance

M.O

slang for modus operandi, the way or pattern in which a repeat criminal usually commits his/her crime.

sovereign

1) The technical word for the monarch of a particular country as in the Sovereign of England is Queen Elizabeth. 2) The supreme legislative powers of a state.

legislative branch

The elected law-making branch of government.

remanet

In law, a case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.