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Most Popular Legal Definitions
genocide
The systematic killing of persons because of their ethnicity.
respite
an agreement between a debtor and creditor that
grants an individual time to satisfy debts due to a momentary inability to
pay
collective bargaining
trade agreement negotiation between an employer and a person's representative to
govern hiring, work, pay and dispute resolution
appreciation
the increase in value through the natural course of events as distinguished from
improvements or additions
legalism
The rigorous and ruthless adherence to the word of the law.
change of circumstances
The principal reason for a court modifying (amending) an existing order for the
payment of alimony and/or child support. The change may be an increase or
decrease in the income of either the party obligated to pay or the ex-spouse
receiving payment, or the health, the employment, or needs of either party.
sanction
To ratify or to approve; punish.
quo warranto
Latin, referring to a special legal procedure
taken to stop a person or an organization from doing something for which it may
not have the legal authority by demanding to know by what right they exercise
the controversial authority.
money
An item accepted by all as payment for debts or for goods or services.
code
a system of rules set-forth by an appropriate body or power