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Most Popular Legal Definitions
bar
1) collectively all attorneys, as "the bar," which comes from the bar or
railing which separates the general spectator area of the courtroom from the
area reserved for judges, attorneys, parties and court officials 2) to prevent
some legal maneuver, as in "barring" a lawsuit due to the running out of the
time to file 3) to prohibit and keep someone from entering a room, building or
real property
take
To gain or obtain possession, including the
receipt of a legacy from an estate.
mutiny
unlawful resistance of a superior or constituted authority
riot
Three or more persons who assemble and advance a purpose together, using force
if necessary, and raising alarm of a reasonable person.
affidavit
1) any written document in which the signer
swears under oath before a notary public or someone authorized to take oaths
that the statements in the document are true 2) In many states, a declaration
under penalty of perjury, which does not require the oath-taking before a
notary, is the equivalent of an affidavit
usurpation
the act of taking the property, right, or general possession of another under
the guise of law without actual authority to do so
Bill of Rights
the first ten amendments to the federal Constitution
immunity
An exemption that a person enjoys from the
normal operation of the law.
ad seriatim
Latin for "one after another"
parricide
Killing one's father.