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Most Popular Legal Definitions
lender
individual or business that grants loans to others
terrorism
Violence against a civilian intended to intimidate a population or a government
from taking or abstaining from an act.
Zone or zoning
The area of
accusation
legally charging someone with a crime; either by indictment, Grand Jury, or the
filing of charges by a district attorney
after-acquired property
1) personal or real property acquired by a debtor after he or she has agreed
that all his or her property secured a debt; the new property also becomes
security for the debt 2) property acquired by the bankrupt person after he or
she has filed papers to be declared bankrupt; this after-acquired property is
not included in the assets which may be used to any debts which existed at the
time of the bankruptcy filing
belief
convinced of the truth of a statement or allegation; in a common phrase "upon
information and belief," the so-called belief is based only on unconfirmed
information, so the person declaring the belief is hedging their bet as to
whether the belief is correct
pedophile
A person afflicted with pedophilia, a sexual perversion in which children are
preferred as sexual partners.
authorize
to officially empower someone to act
consign
to leave an item of property in the custody of another
age of consent
age at which a person becomes legally competent to consent to marriage or sexual
intercourse