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Most Popular Legal Definitions
conditional sentence
a sentence of a person convicted of a crime which allows that person to serve
his sentence within their community, subject to supervision and reporting, and
fully recoverable in the event of breach of those conditions
minister
a government representative in either an official or unofficial capacity that
may function within a broad array of responsibilities and duties
arson
felony crime of intentionally burning a house or other building; the
perpetrators range from mentally ill pyromaniacs to store owners just hoping to
get insurance proceeds.
attorney
1) an agent or someone authorized to act for another 2) a person who has been
qualified by a state or federal court to provide legal services, including
appearing in court; each state has a bar examination which is a qualifying test
to practice law
debt
tax payments due to the state, incurred and
payable as a result of the death of the tax-payer
ad valorem
Latin for "based on value," which generally applies to property taxes based on a
percentage of the county's assessment of the property's value.
chancellor
From the Old English legal system, a chancellor is a judge who sits in what is
called a chancery (equity) court with the power to order something be done (as
distinguished from just paying damages).
chattel
An item of personal property which is movable, as distinguished from real
property.
constructive total loss
Insured property that has been abandoned because its actual total loss appears
to be unavoidable, or because it could not be preserved or repaired without an
expenditure which would exceed its value.
enactment
law or statute; a document which is published as
an enforceable set of written rules is said to be enacted