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Most Popular Legal Definitions
endorsement
The signature or instructions placed on the
reverse of a commercial document, for the purpose of assigning the interest
therein to another
small claims
A regular court but which has simplified rules of procedure and process to deal
with claims of a lesser value.
acknowledge
1) to admit or concede 2) a notary public or other officer (such as a county
clerk) verifying an individual's completion of a document, such as for the power
of attorney, to make it certified as legal and suitable for recording
employment standards
Minimum employee rights extended for work within
the relevant jurisdiction
class
in legal terms, all those persons in the same category, level of rights, or who
have suffered from the same incident
emphyteusis
In civil law, a long-term lease of land or
buildings
devise
transfer or conveyance of real property by will
decapitation
the act of beheading a person, usually instantly such as with a large and heavy
knife or by guillotine, as a form of capital punishment.
locus
Latin, "place", it means "place which" this or that occurred.
jus ex injuria non oritur
Latin, a legal right or entitlement cannot arise from an unlawful act or
omission.