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Most Popular Legal Definitions
servant
the employee of an employer, technically one who works for a master.
admission
1. statement made by a party to a lawsuit or a criminal defendant that certain
facts are true. 2. accepting the truth of an argument not previously proven 3.
the granting of permission as in to enter or act in a certain function 4.
agreement to a statement made by another
guardian
An individual who, by legal document, is given custody of both the property and
the person of one who is unable to manage their own affairs, such as a child or
mentally-disabled person.
emancipation
The act of freeing a person who was under the
legal authority of another from that control
subrogation
Assuming the legal rights of a person for whom
expenses or a debt has been paid. Typically, subrogation occurs when an
insurance company which pays its insured client for injuries and losses then
sues the party which the injured person contends caused he damages to
him/her.
grandfather clause
a provision, usually found in a law, that
exempts an action that already transpired; permission to continue engaging in
certain activities based on the duration of the act
deterrence
a principle or objective of sentencing a person guilty of a crime which ensures
that the punishment is sufficient to deter the guilty person, and others, from
committing the same crime
consign
to leave an item of property in the custody of another
coroner
a public official who holds an inquiry into violent or suspicious deaths
usurious
Referring to the interest on a debt which exceeds the maximum interest rate
allowed by law.