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Most Popular Legal Definitions
mistrial
A partial or complete trial which is found to be null and void and of no effect
because of some irregularity.
tax costs
A motion to contest a claim for court costs submitted by a party in a
lawsuit.
carryover
In taxation accounting, using a tax year's deductions, business losses or
credits to apply to the following year's tax return to reduce the tax liability.
sanctuary
A special criminal law option available in Medieval times to persons who had
just committed a crime, allowing them to seek refuge in a church or
monastery.
affidavit
1) any written document in which the signer
swears under oath before a notary public or someone authorized to take oaths
that the statements in the document are true 2) In many states, a declaration
under penalty of perjury, which does not require the oath-taking before a
notary, is the equivalent of an affidavit
fiat
A shortly-worded court order.
creditor
one who grants or is owed an agreed upon obligation
replevin
A legal action taken to reclaim goods which have been distrained.
bequeath
1) to give personal property under provisions of
a will 2) the act of giving any asset by the terms of a will
check
A draft upon a particular account in a bank, in which the drawer directs the
bank to pay a certain amount to a third party.