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Most Popular Legal Definitions
lineal descendant
A person who is a direct descendant such as a child to his or her natural
parent.
mistrial
A partial or complete trial which is found to be null and void and of no effect
because of some irregularity.
consensus ad idem
Latin, an agreement or meeting of the minds between the parties where all
understand the commitments made by each.
matrimonial debt
A debt contracted during a marriage and for which both spouses are liable,
regardless of who contracted the debt or who is directly liable for it.
conditional discharge
a sentence of a person found guilty of a crime in which, upon completion of
specified actions by the accused, no criminal record is issued as regards to the
offense for which a conditional discharge was granted
district attorney
An attorney responsible for prosecuting criminal
charges on behalf of the government.
adjourn
to close a meeting, convention, or any official gathering; not to be confused
with a recess, meaning the meeting will break and continue at a later time.
pardon
A government decision to allow a person who has been convicted of a crime to be
free and absolved of that conviction, as if never convicted.
sustain
In trial practice, for a judge to agree that an attorney's objection, such as a
question, is valid.
supplemental
referring to anything that is added to complete
something.