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Most Popular Legal Definitions
trade
1) a business or occupation for profit, particularly in retail or wholesale
sales or requiring special mechanical skill 2) to exchange one thing for
another
adverse possession
means to acquire title to land through obvious occupancy of the land, while
claiming ownership for the period of years set by the law of the state where the
property exists
not guilty
innocent; a general plea made in response to a charge
mediation
A neutral facilitator who assists the parties to a dispute in communicating and
negotiating a settlement.
separation agreement
A private contract between separating spouses
resolving issues of joint, family, or marital property or assets, support and
child responsibilities.
bribery
the crime of giving or taking money or some other valuable item in order to
influence a person, usually a public official, in the performance of their
duties
subinfeudation
The process whereby, under the feudal system of tenure, a person receiving a
grant of land from a lord, could himself become a landlord by subdividing a
subletting that land to others.
sanction
To ratify or to approve; punish.
statute of uses
A 1535 English law that prevented, for a time, the legal structure of a
use.
misrepresentation
A false and material statement which induces a party to enter into a contract