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Most Popular Legal Definitions
abatement
(1) in terms of an amount, the taking away, reduction, or allowed discount (2)
in a situation, the suppression or removal of symptoms. For example, "the
abatement of pollution."
pari delicto
Latin, of equal fault.
furiosi nulla vountas est
Latin, "mentally impaired persons cannot validly sign a will."
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
obligor
A person who is contractually or legally, committed or obliged, to providing
something to another person.
criminal libel
a criminal offense; deliberate publication of defamatory lies which the
publisher knows to be false
chancery
A court that can order acts to be performed.
Today, chancery courts are merged with courts of law in most states.
tax court
A federal agency with courts in major cities
which hear taxpayers' appeals from decisions of the Internal Revenue
Service.
stirpes
Latin, the offspring of a person
in camera
A closed and private session of court.