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Most Popular Legal Definitions
terrorism
Violence against a civilian intended to intimidate a population or a government
from taking or abstaining from an act.
administer
1) To conduct the duties of a job or position 2) To manage the affairs of the
estate of a person who has died under supervision of the local court 3) To give
an oath, as in "administer the oath"
legislative branch
The elected law-making branch of government.
sexual orientation
An individual's preference in terms of sexual relationships with
others.
movable
Civil law: things not attached to land and which may be carried from place to
place.
bona fide purchaser
commonly called BFP in legal and banking circles; a person who has purchased an
asset for stated value, innocent of any fact which would cast doubt on the right
of the seller to have sold it in good faith. This is vital if the true owner
shows up to claim title, since the BFP will be able to keep the asset, and the
real owner will have to look to the fraudulent seller for
recompense.acceleration clause
most often found in promissory notes for installment payments of real property,
it requires that the property be sold and the resulting amount of the note be
due immediately
character witness
A person who testifies testifies in a trial on behalf of a person (usually a
criminal defendant) as to that person's good ethical qualities and morality both
by the personal knowledge of the witness and the person's reputation in the
community.
exhibit
A document or object shown to the court as evidence in a trial
fourteenth amendment
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution as a part
of the Civil War amendments designed to give full civil and legal rights to
slaves, incorporated the Bill of Rights into state law, created the due process
clause, and is known as the greatest expansion of individual rights since the
Bill of Rights