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Section 7 Legal Vocabulary
Week 02
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Court Reporting
Not Applicable
09/10/2009

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Term
concession
Definition
A grant, ordinarily applied to the grant applied to specific privileges by a government.
Term
effigy
Definition
The figure or corporeal representation of a person.
Term
inter alia
Definition
Among other things.
Term
misnomer
Definition
Mistake in name; giving incorrect name to person in any instrument.
Term
nihil dicit
Definition
He says nothing.
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pari delicto
Definition
In equal fault; equal in guilt or in legal fault.
Term
perpetuatu
Definition
To cause to last indefinitely; lasting.
Term
precinct
Definition
A constable's or police district; a small geographical unit of government.
Term
prorate
Definition
To derive or distribute proportionally; in proportion.
Term
purse
Definition
Some valuable thing, offered by person for the doing of something by others; prize.
Term
rigor juris
Definition
Strictness of law.
Term
scheme
Definition
A design or plan formed to accomplish some purpose; a system.
Term
steal
Definition
To unlawfully take & carry away personal property of another with intent to keep.
Term
stipend
Definition
A salary; settled pay; fixed or regular payment.
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terminus
Definition
Boundary; a limit, either of space or time.
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tithe
Definition
A tenth part of one's income, contributed for charitable or religious purposes.
Term
una voce
Definition
With one voice; unanimously; without dissent.
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vacate
Definition
To annul; to set aside; to cancel or rescind.
Term
vendetta
Definition
Private blood feud, where family seeks to avenge its member on offender or family.
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withhold
Definition
To retain in one's possession what belongs to or is claimed or sought by another.
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