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Most Popular Legal Definitions
legislation
Written and approved laws.
set
To schedule, as to "set a case for trial."
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
M.O
slang for modus operandi, the way or pattern in which a repeat criminal usually
commits his/her crime.
fair market value
The hypothetical probable price that could be
obtained for a property.
arbitrary
not supported by fair or substantial cause or reason; most often it is used in
reference to a judge's ruling
cuius est solum ejus est usque ad caelum
Latin, "who owns the land, owns down to the center of the earth and up to the
heavens"
nonfeasance
Not doing something that a person should be doing.
sale
Transfer of something (and title to it) in
return for money.
abut
when two parcels of real property touch each other