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Most Popular Legal Definitions
maturity
The date when the payment of the principal amount owed becomes due.
deed
written and signed document which sets out the
things that have to be done or recognitions of the parties towards a certain
object
habeas corpus
Latin, a court petition which orders that a person being detained be presented
before a judge for a hearing to decide whether the detention is lawful. (A writ
of habeas corpus.)
assumption of risk
1) taking a chance in a potentially dangerous
situation, for example; by going on a ski-lift the person claims a certain
assumption of risk 2) act of contracting to take over the risk, such as buying
the right to a shipment and accepting the danger it could be damaged or
unprofitable
jactitation
A false boast or claim that does harm or injury
to another.
vassal
an individual who submits to serve another usually for a return; a dependent;
servant
council
a formal group of experts brought together on a regular basis to debate matters
within that sphere of expertise, and with advisory powers to government
alternative pleading
legal fiction in which a party to a lawsuit or a defendant charged with a crime
can plead two ways which are inconsistent with each other; examples: a) someone
hurt in an accident can plead that the other party was negligent or ran into him
intentionally b) "not guilty" and "not guilty by reason of insanity" (in which
there is the implied admission that the defendant committed the act)
appellant
the party who appeals a trial court decision
they have lost
notary
A legal officer with specific judicial authority to attest to legal documents
usually with an official seal.