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Most Popular Legal Definitions

bribery

 the crime of giving or taking money or some other valuable item in order to influence a person, usually a public official, in the performance of their duties

count

1) to number or enumerate 2) formal statement made in court or a specific charge or complaint

positive law

Law proper, as opposed to moral laws, or to natural or "God-made" law.

fundamental

1)basic or core, as in fundamental rights 2)  principle; essential

jactitation

A false boast or claim that does harm or injury to another.

bifurcate

the order or ruling of a judge that one issue in a case can be tried to a conclusion or a judgment given on one phase of the case without trying all aspects of the matter

arrest warrant

a judge's order to law enforcement officers to arrest and bring to jail a person charged with a crime

minor

A young person not yet of the age of majority; someone under legal age.

articles of impeachment

the charges brought to impeach a public official

citizen

A person who by place of birth, nationality of one or both parents, or by going through a naturalization process has sworn loyalty to a nation.