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| the holder of a life estate |
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| foreign corporation (also alien corporation) |
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| corporation chartered outside the state or country in which it is doing business; organized in one state and does business in another |
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| closely related, relevant, pertinent |
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| the grievance or injury specified in the complaint in a pleading |
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| the person receiving grant |
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| the person who makes a grant |
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| the term used for a person appointed to represent an infant |
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| a clause in a deed that clarifies the amount of ownership in the real property being transferred |
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| any real or personal property that may be inherited |
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| the paragraphed summary of an issue which precedes the opinion of the court describing the issues in a particular decision |
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| a will in the handwriting of the deceased person |
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| the statutory method to protect an interest in a residence |
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| principles of law which are generally known to all and are free from doubt and ambiguity |
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| a witness who is openly prejudiced against the party who has him testify |
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| a jury which cannot agree or reach a verdict |
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| a question which assumes fats and calls for an oinion based on a hypothesis |
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| not of material nature, intangible |
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| that which tends to incriminate or bring about a criminal conviction |
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| indicators; signs or circumstances which tend to support a belief in a proposition as being probable but do not prove it positively |
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| a deduction that may be drawn from other facts that are already established |
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| a wrongdoer caught red-handed |
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| a writ from the court requiring a party to refrain from doing or continuing to do a particular act or activity |
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| the amending of a pleading or motion by written insertion between words or lines already printed |
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| temporary, intermediate, provisional, not final |
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| decree made pending the final outcome of the case and before a final hearing on the merits |
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| a person who enteres a lawsuit already in progress |
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| among the living; transaction made whiloe parties are living |
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| a person who dies without leaving a valid will |
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| to take effect; to serve; to the use/benefit of someone |
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| by the very fact itself, in and of the fact |
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| an estate in property with the right of survivorship |
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| lawyer who is appointed as a judge to sit on the bench when the regular judge cannot be present |
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| judgment nothwithstanding the verdict |
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| the court's recognition of certain commonly known facts withotu requiring proof thereof |
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| clause written at the end of an affidavit stating when, where, and before whom it was sworn |
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| the power of an authority, such as a court to hear and determine a case |
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| the power of an authority such as a court to hear and determine a case |
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| capable of being tried in a court of law or equity |
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| an unreasonable delay on the part of a plaintiff in asserting a right; it is a delay that causes a disadvantage to another and for which the court will not grant relief |
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| a government body by which statutory laws are enacted |
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| the imposition of tax or seizure of property through court order |
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| a dictionary of legal terms |
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| the place of making the law; where a contract is made |
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| a charge, to hold a claim on property of another for payment of a debt |
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| given to carrying on lawsuits, quarrelsome |
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| the performance of an illegal act; misconduct |
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| we command; an order from a higher court directing a lower court to take certain actions |
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| securing priority of payment |
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| intermediate; between two extremes |
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| a rule in some states that does not hold a person criminally responsible for an act if she does not have the mental capacity to know right from wrong |
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| something that can be debated or discussed |
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| a motion made at the beginning of a trial to exclude reference to certain evidence |
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| the moving party; applicant for a rule or order in court |
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| a trial court that administers the law within the city; an inferior court of limited jurisdiction |
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| one who abstains from pleading to an indictment |
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| failure to act as a reasonable person under similar circumstances |
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| not of sound mind, insane |
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| it does not follow; something that has not logical purpose for its place |
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| the substitution of a new debt or obligation for an existing one |
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| now for then; proceeding taken; judgment declared |
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| an oral will made in anticipation of immediate death before other persons and later put in written form |
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| incidental statement; remark made by a judge in his decision upon a cause on a point not necessarily involved in the determination of the cause |
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| burden, obligation or blame |
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| a municipal statue, a local law |
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| to overturn or make void the holding of a prior case, to disagree; it may also apply toa court's denial of any motion or point raised to the court |
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| a group of juryment selected to serve during a term of court |
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| not expressed writing; oral or verbal; expressed in speech |
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| conditional release from imprisonment |
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| through the head; equal division of property |
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| by the court; indicates an opinion by the entire court |
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| through roots; to inherit by representation; distribution of shares in a will not necessarily equal |
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| limited number of objections to a juror for which no reason is given |
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| formal allegations of the parties |
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| a vote of the people on some measure submitted to them by some person or body |
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| first appearance before a judge to determine if tehre are grounds for prosecution |
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| forethought, preconceived, premediatated |
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| preponderance of the evidence |
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| greater weight; more convincing to jury than opposing evidence |
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| title obtained by occupancy of the land of another |
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| assumption of facts that the law requires to be made from another fact or set of fats already established |
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| legal heir unintentionally omitted from a will. |
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| court having jurisdiction of estate of deceased person |
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| cause of injury that results in accident and/or injury; secondary reaction causing result |
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