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Most Popular Legal Definitions
conflict of interests
situation where someone has personal interests
in a matter that requires total objectivity or separation, or two competing
interests
ex patriate
A person who has abandoned his or her country of
origin and citizenship and has become a subject or citizen of another
country
magna carta
Charter to which subscribed King John of England on June 12, 1215 in which a
basic set of limits were set on he King's powers.
nonfeasance
Not doing something that a person should be doing.
arguendo
Latin meaning "for the sake of argument"
a priori
From Latin, an assumption based on theory not experiment. For example, an a
priori assumption would be that the sun will come up tomorrow. (as opposed to a
posteriori)
living will
A document that sets out guidelines for
alternative pleading
legal fiction in which a party to a lawsuit or a defendant charged with a crime
can plead two ways which are inconsistent with each other; examples: a) someone
hurt in an accident can plead that the other party was negligent or ran into him
intentionally b) "not guilty" and "not guilty by reason of insanity" (in which
there is the implied admission that the defendant committed the act)
title
1) Ownership of real property or personal property, which stands against the
right of anyone else to claim the property. 2) the name for one's position in a
business or organization. 3) the name for a legal case.
tenth amendment
a part of the Bill of Rights, provides that any power not reserved for the
federal government and not prohibited to be acted upon by the States is left to
the governing body of each state or the people