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Most Popular Legal Definitions
argument
1) the presentation of proof or evidence 2) the subject of a question
lex non scripta
Latin, unwritten law; the common or custom law; as opposed to lex scripta.
adequate remedy
a remedy (money or performance) awarded by a court or through private action
which afford "complete" satisfaction, and is "practical, efficient and
appropriate" in the circumstances
chain of title
The succession of title ownership to real property from the present owner back
to the original owner at some distant time.
matrimonial asset
An asset owned by one or both of two persons who
are married to one another which, upon the application of one of the spouses to
a court, is subject to division between
them.gross negligence
The commission or omission of an action in reckless disregard of the
consequences to the safety or property of another.
force majuere
French for an act of God; an inevitable,
unpredictable act of nature.
acquit
what a jury--or judge sitting without a jury--does at the end of a criminal
trial if the jury or judge finds the defendant not guilty
to wit
'That is to say.'
cross examination
in trials, each party calls witnesses; ask questions of the other party's
witness(es) allowing considerably more latitude then when you question your own
witnesses (called an 'examination-in-chief