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Most Popular Legal Definitions
Yellow Dog Contract
A name given in American labor law to contract of employment by which the
employee promises not to join a union or agrees to forfeit employment if he/she
joins a union during the period of employment.
judex
A form of judge in early Roman law.
dominion utile
Latin for 'the property rights of a
tenant'.
lunatic
an individual of unsound mind.
fraud
Deceitful conduct designed to manipulate another
person to give up something of value.
bankruptcy
federal system of statutes and courts which permits persons and businesses which
are insolvent (debtors) or (in some cases) face potential insolvency, to place
their financial affairs under the control of the bankruptcy court; the procedure
is that when the debtor's debts exceed their assets or ability to pay, the
debtor can file a petition with the bankruptcy court for voluntary bankruptcy or
the debtor's unpaid creditors can file an "involuntary" petition to force the
debtor into bankruptcy, although voluntary bankruptcy is far more common
violence
a forceful act that breaches law
defamatory libel
deliberate publication of defamatory lies which
the publisher knows to be false
legalese
Language containing an excessive amount of legal terminology or of legal jargon.
mediator
A person who conducts mediation.