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Most Popular Legal Definitions
praecipe or precipe
Latin, the initiating document would be
presented to a court to be officially issued on behalf of the court, but now
mostly refers to the covering memo or letter from a lawyer which accompanies and
formallly asks tem for the write to be issued by the court clerk.
at will employment
provision found in many employment contracts
which suggest the employees works at the will of the employer; employers insert
in order to avoid claims of termination in breach of contract, breach of the
covenant of good faith and fair dealing, or discrimination.
perjury
An intentional lie while under oath or in a sworn affidavit.
civil code
In many states, the name for the collection of statutes and laws which deal with
business and negligence lawsuits and practices.
diplomat
an official representative of a state, present in another state for the purposes
of general representation of the state-of-origin or for the purpose of specific
international negotiations on behalf of the diplomat's state-of-origin.
conspiracy
an agreement between two or more persons to commit a criminal act
recusation
An application made to a judge asking that they do not hear a particular case
because of a real perceived conflict of interest.
consensus
a result achieved through negotiation whereby a solution is arrived at between
parties to an issue, dispute or disagreement, and to which all parties then
subscribe unanimously
lex causae
Latin, law of the cause. The law which has precedence, where there is a conflict
of laws, to dispose of an action.
occupancy
the act of holding or taking possession