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Most Popular Legal Definitions
class action
A lawsuit filed by one or more people on behalf of themselves and a larger group
of people "who are similarly situated."
m'naughten rule
A traditional "right and wrong" test of legal insanity
criminal libel
a criminal offense; deliberate publication of defamatory lies which the
publisher knows to be false
riot
Three or more persons who assemble and advance a purpose together, using force
if necessary, and raising alarm of a reasonable person.
take
To gain or obtain possession, including the
receipt of a legacy from an estate.
bench
1) general term for all judges, as in "the bench," or for the particular judge
or panel of judges, as in an order coming from the "bench." 2) the large,
usually long and wide desk raised above the level of the rest of the courtroom,
at which the judge or panel of judges sit
theft
To steal an item of property
double jeopardy
A prohibition against being tried or sentenced
twice for the same offense.
emolument
A legal word which refers to all wages, benefits
or other benefit received as compensation for holding some office or
employment
dictatorship
form of government with a single person as decision-maker; a single
ruler