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Most Popular Legal Definitions

trustee

a person a entity who holds the assets of a trustee for the benefit of the beneficiaries and manages the trust and its assets under the terms of the trust stated in the declaration of trust which created it.

disbar

to revoke an attorney's right to practice law due to some malfeasance

bad debt

an non-collectible debt

ratification

 the act of approving or accepting an act performed by another, applicable to both to individual actions and measures proposed by an individual

lessee

The person to whom is granted exclusive possession of a thing under the terms of a lease.

malfeasance

Doing something which is illegal.

motor vehicle

any self-propelled vehicle including trucks, cars, motorcycles, etc.; does not extend to vehicles that operate on rails 

estate

1) a term that commonly relates to the total sum of assets controlled by a single person, usually determined for the purposes of a will or inheritance after an individual dies 2) can also refer to someone's ownership or right of a specific property

joint custody

 A Court decision that both parents share joint legal custody and joint physical custody

pension

A private or government fund, from which regular benefits and stipends are paid to a person upon their retirement or disability.