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Most Popular Legal Definitions
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
count
1) to number or enumerate 2) formal statement
made in court or a specific charge or complaint
positive law
Law proper, as opposed to moral laws, or to natural or "God-made" law.
fundamental
1)basic or core, as in fundamental rights 2) principle; essential
jactitation
A false boast or claim that does harm or injury
to another.
bifurcate
the order or ruling of a judge that one issue in a case can be tried to a
conclusion or a judgment given on one phase of the case without trying all
aspects of the matter
arrest warrant
a judge's order to law enforcement officers to arrest and bring to jail a person
charged with a crime
minor
A young person not yet of the age of majority; someone under legal age.
articles of impeachment
the charges brought to impeach a public official
citizen
A person who by place of birth, nationality of one or both parents, or by going
through a naturalization process has sworn loyalty to a nation.