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Most Popular Legal Definitions

voir dire

A mini hearing held during trial on the admissibility of contested evidence.

qui facit per alium facit per se

Latin, he who acts through another, acts himself.

monopoly

A commercial advantage enjoyed by only one or a select few companies.

admission against interest

admission of the truth of a fact by any person, but especially by the parties to a lawsuit, when a statement obviously would do that person harm, be embarrassing, or be against his/her personal or business interests

anti-trust laws

acts adopted by Congress to outlaw or restrict business practices considered to be monopolistic or which restrain interstate commerce; the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 declared illegal "every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce" between states or foreign countries; the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, amended by the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936, prohibits discrimination among customers through pricing and disallows mergers, acquisitions or takeovers of one firm by another if the effect will "substantially lessen competition"

unreasonable search and seizure

Search of an individual or his/her premises by a law enforcement officer without a search warrant and without "probable cause" to believe evidence of a crime is present.

m'naughten rule

A traditional "right and wrong" test of legal insanity

criminal law

body of law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute, prosecuted and punished by the government

aliquot

a definite fractional share, usually applied when dividing and distributing a deceased person's estate or trust assets

legalism

The rigorous and ruthless adherence to the word of the law.