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Most Popular Legal Definitions
absolute
Complete, and without condition.
probate
The formal certificate given by a court that
certifies that a will, from that point on, the executor has the legal authority
to execute the will.
entrapment
The inducement, by law enforcement officers or
their agents, of another person to commit a crime for the purposes of bringing
charges for the commission of that artificially provoked crime
defense
the establishment of a case or position in opposition to allegations or
attacks
indefeasible
Not to be annulled or made void; not
forfeitable.
Bill of Rights
the first ten amendments to the federal Constitution
limited power of attorney
A POA limited by a condition or term or in regards to a specific item or
property.
discretionary trust
A trust in which the settlor has given the trustee full discretion to decide
which (and when) members of a group of beneficiaries is to receive either the
income or the capital of the trust.
due process
Procedural legal safeguards of which every
citizen has an absolute right when a state or court purports to take a decision
that could affect any right of that citizen
non sequitur
Latin, "it does not follow." The term usually means that a conclusion does not
logically follow from the facts or law.