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Most Popular Legal Definitions
knowledge
information supplied as fact provided by an individual with education or
specific information
quasi-delict
In civil law, a delict (wrong) caused by negligence.
common law
judge-declared law; law which exists and applies to a group on the basis of
customs and legal precedents developed over hundreds of years in Britain
judgment
official decision given by a court that rules in favor or against the case
hand
expropriation
In Canada, the forced sale of land to a public
authority. Synonymous with the U.S. definition of eminent domain, which is the
'expropriation of private property for public use.'
interim order
A temporary court order until the court has had
an opportunity of hearing the full case and make a final order.
adoption
the taking of a child into one's family, creating a parent to child
relationship, and giving him or her all the rights and privileges of one's own
child
basis
the original cost of an asset to be used to determine the amount of capital gain
tax upon its sale; an "adjusted basis" includes improvements, expenses, and
damages between the time the original basis (price) is established and transfer
of the asset; "stepped up basis" means that the original basis of an asset will
be stepped up to current value at the time of the death of the owner, and thus
keep down capital gain taxes if the beneficiary of the dead person sells the
asset
hung jury
A jury which is unable to arrive at a required unanimous or near unanimous
verdict.
unlawful assembly
The act of assembling for the purpose of starting a riot or breaching the
peace.