n. the total of cost, insurance and freight charges to be p

1) n. the list of cases to be called for trial before a par

n. the hearing at which a case is set for trial.

n. the demand by a corporation that a stockholder pay an in

n. the intentional and generally vicious false accusation o

v. to cross out, annul, destroy, void and/or rescind a docu

cancel

n. a punishment for crimes employed in certain Asian countr

n. laws and regulations over ecclesiastical (church) matter

n. slang for maximum, as the most interest that can be char

1) n. from Latin for caput, meaning "head," the basic asset

n. the record which lists all basic assets of a business, n

n. equipment, property, and funds owned by a business.

n. payment by a business for basic assets such as property,

n. the difference between the sales price and the original

capital expenditure

n. any criminal charge which is punishable by the death pen

n. execution (death) for a capital offense. The U.S. Suprem

n. the original amount paid by investors into a corporation

n. 1) the act of counting anticipated earnings and expenses

n. anticipated earnings which are discounted (given a lower

adv., adj. unpredictable and subject to whim, often used to

n. the first section of any written legal pleading (papers)

n. in law, to be attentive, prudent and vigilant. Essential

adj., adv. 1) negligent. 2) the opposite of careful. A care

n. from Latin carnalis for "fleshly:" sexual intercourse be

n. in general, any person or business which transports prop

n. in taxation accounting, using a current tax year's deduc

n. the act of transporting goods or individuals for a fee.

v. pursuing a particular occupation on a continuous and sub

n. in taxation accounting, using a tax year's deductions, b

n. 1) an arrangement among supposedly independent corporati

n. short for a cause of action, lawsuit, or the right to su

n. reported decisions of appeals courts and other courts wh

n. a case in which a question of interpretation of law is p

n. the method of studying law generally used in American la

n. a check issued by a bank on its own account for the amou

adj. defining something that happens by chance, without bei

n. 1) an accident which could not have been foreseen or gua

n. in taxation, loss due to damage which qualifies for a ca

from Latin causa 1) v. to make something happen. 2) n. the

n. the basis of a lawsuit founded on legal grounds and alle

n. (kah-vee-ott) from Latin caveat for "let him beware." 1)

(kah-vee-ott emptor) Latin for "let the buyer beware." The

n. an order of a court or government agency to a person, bu

n. a document issued by a bank in return for a deposit of m

n. document which some states issue to prove a corporation'

n. generally, the title document for a motor vehicle issued

n. a check issued by a bank which certifies that the maker

n. (sersh-oh-rare-ee) a writ (order) of a higher court to a

n. (properly pronounced ses-tee kay, but lawyers popularly

(pronounced ses-tee kay use or setty kay use) n. an old-fas

n. the succession of title ownership to real property from

n. the right of each attorney in a jury trial to request th

n. a request that a prospective juror be dismissed because

n. the private office of a judge, usually close to the cour

n. an agreement between the party suing in a lawsuit (plain

n. from the old English legal system, a chancellor is a jud

n. a court that can order acts performed. Today chancery co

n. the principal reason for a court modifying (amending) an

n. a person who testifies in a trial on behalf of a person

n. 1) in a criminal case, the specific statement of what cr

n. in taxation, a contribution to an organization which is

n. a form of trust in which the donor (trustor or settlor)

n. 1) in general the sentiment of benevolence, doing good w

n. the name for articles of incorporation in some states, a

n. an item of personal property which is movable, as distin

n. an outmoded written document which made a chattel (tangi

n. a draft upon a particular account in a bank, in which th

n. the presiding judge of any State Supreme Court and the U

n. 1) a person's natural offspring. 2) a person 14 years an

n. a court's determination of which parent, relative or oth

n. court-ordered funds to be paid by one parent to the cust

n. the unethical and usually illegal practice of excessive

n. a movable court in which the judge holds court sessions

n. evidence in a trial which is not directly from an eyewit

n. 1) a notice to appear in court due to the probable commi

v. 1) to make reference to a decision in another case to ma

n. person who by place of birth, nationality of one or both

adj. 1) that part of the law that encompasses business, con

n. any lawsuit relating to civil matters and not criminal p

n. the list of lawsuits (cases) that are approaching trial

n. in many states, the name for the collection of statutes

n. 1) a body of laws and legal concepts which come down fro

n. potential responsibility for payment of damages or other

n. rights or freedoms given to the people by the First Amen

n. fines or surcharges imposed by a governmental agency to

n. the complex and often confusing body of rules and regula

n. those rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, the 13th

1) v. to make a demand for money, for property, or for enfo

n. any time one believes he/she has a right to payment for

n. upon the death of a person and beginning of probate (fil

n. the written claim filed by persons or businesses owed mo

n. in legal (not sociological) terms, all those persons in

n. a lawsuit filed by one or more people on behalf of thems

n. a rule of law that a person coming to court with a lawsu

n. evidence that proves a matter by the "preponderance of e

n. the doctrine established in an opinion written by Oliver

n. holding ownership of real property without any claims by

n. 1) an official or employee who handles the business of a

n. a corporation which is permitted by state law to operate

n. a business that will hire only union members by choice o

n. the final step in the sale and purchase of real estate i

n. the final argument by an attorney on behalf of his/her c

n. an actual or apparent outstanding claim on the title to

n. a trustee of a trust when there is more than one trustee

n. a collection of written laws gathered together, usually

n. a set of rules governing the ethical conduct of attorney

n. when more than one person or entity is sued in one lawsu

n. a written amendment to a person's will, which must be da

v. to arrange and label a system of laws.

n. living together in the same residence, generally either

n. an insurance policy in which the insurance company insur

1) n. property pledged to secure a loan or debt, usually fu

n. a legal action to challenge a ruling in another case. Fo

n. a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ance

n. the situation in which a judgment in one case prevents (

n. where two persons (or business entities through their of

n. a lawsuit brought by parties pretending to be adversarie

n. the appearance of an act being performed based upon lega

n. the appearance of having title to personal or real prope

n. when two or more people sign a check or a promissory not

n. when one court defers to the jurisdiction of another in

n. an action (a lawsuit) commences (begins officially) when

n. a statement made by a judge or an attorney during a tria

n. an unforeseen uncontrollable event which occurs after a

n. all the law which applies to the rights, relations and c

n. the act of mixing the funds belonging to one party with

n. 1) a fee paid based on a percentage of the sale made by

n. a judge's order sending someone to jail or prison, upon

n. in condominium and some cooperative housing projects, th

n. an individual, a company or a public utility (like munic

n. claims for debt alleged in a lawsuit (included in the co

n. the traditional unwritten law of England, based on custo

n. 1) real property owned by "tenants in common," who each

n. stock in a corporation in which dividends (payouts) are

n. an agreement between a man and woman to live together as

n. property and profits received by a husband and wife duri

n. the act of reducing a criminal sentence resulting from a

v.

n. any formal business entity for profit, which may be a co

n. a rule of law applied in accident cases to determine res

n. 1) payment for work performed, by salary, wages, commiss

n. damages recovered in payment for actual injury or econom

adj. 1) in general, able to act in the circumstances, inclu

n. a person or entity who begins a lawsuit by filing a comp

n. the first document filed with the court (actually with t

n. (com-pose-men-tis) Latin for "having a sound mind."

n. payment of interest upon principal and previously accumu

n. the combination of more than one question into what seem

n. when a person injured by a felony (being shot, having on

1) n. an agreement between opposing parties to settle a dis

n. a decision made by a jury in which the jurors split the

n. a weapon, particularly a handgun, which is kept hidden o

n. fraudulent failure to reveal information which someone k

n. 1) in general, the end. 2) in a trial, when all evidence

n. in a trial, the final result of an analysis of the facts

n. a judge's final decision on a question of law which has

n. sentences for more than one crime which are to be served

v. 1) for a public agency to determine that a building is u

n. the legal process by which a governmental body exercises

n. a lawsuit brought by a public agency to acquire private

n. a term or requirement stated in a contract, which must b

n. 1) in a contract, an event which must take place before

n. 1) in a contract, a happening which terminates the duty

n. in a will, a gift which will take place only if a partic

n. a sale of property or goods which will be completed if c

n. title to a unit of real property which, in reality, is t

v. 1) to forgive, support, and/or overlook moral or legal f

v. in criminal law, to voluntarily state that one is guilty

n. the statement of one charged with a crime that he/she co

n. when a defendant admits the allegations in a complaint a

n. a written agreement in which the defendant in a lawsuit

n. the obtaining of money from others through trick or swin

n. certain written communications which can be kept confide

n. a relationship in which one person has confidence in and

v. to take one's goods or property without legal right, alt

n. a situation in which a person has a duty to more than on

n. a situation in which both state and federal laws or cour

n. 1) fight or argument. 2) the right of a criminal defenda

adj. in the law of trademarks, when a trademark, logo or bu

n. a spouse's so-called "rights" to the comforts and compan

n. a person who refuses to serve in the military due to rel

n. an undiscussed imitation by a business of a competitor's

1) n. a voluntary agreement to another's proposition. 2) v.

n. an order of a judge based upon an agreement, almost alwa

n. a judgment issued by a judge based on an agreement betwe

n. damages claimed and/or awarded in a lawsuit which were c

n. a person whom a court has determined because of physical

n. a guardian and protector appointed by a judge to protect

n. 1) payment or money. 2) a vital element in the law of co

v. 1) to deliver goods to a merchant to sell on behalf of t

n. a person or business holding another's goods for sale or

n. the act of consigning goods to one who will sell them fo

n. 1) a group of separate businesses or business people joi

n. when people work together by agreement to commit an ille

n. a person or entity who enters into a plot with one or mo

n. a law officer for a particular area such as a rural town

n. the fundamental, underlying document which establishes t

n. rights given or reserved to the people by the U.S. Const

n. the act of a lawyer or court in interpreting and giving

adj. a legal fiction for treating a situation as if it were

n. when the landlord does not go through a legal eviction o

n. when the circumstances show that someone's actions give

n. a fiction that a person got notice even though actual no

n. when a person does not have actual possession, but has t

n. when a person has title to property and/or takes possess

v. to determine the meaning of the words of a written docum

n. almost all states and the federal government have enacte

n. the anticipation of death in a relatively short time due

n. there are essentially two types of contempt: a) being ru

adj. connected or "next to", usually meaning adjoining piec

n. an event that might not occur.

adj. possible, but not certain.

n. a person or entity named to receive a gift under the ter

n. a fee to a lawyer which will be due and payable only if

n. an interest in real property which, according to the dee

n. an interest, particularly in real estate property, which

n. a postponement of a date of a trial, hearing or other co

n. an objection to certain questions or testimony during a

n. the repeat-ed unauthorized use of anoth- er's real prope

adj. Latin for "against" or "opposite to". This usage is us

1) n. an agreement with specific terms between two or more

n.

n. 1) a person or entity that enters into a contract. 2) co

n. 1) donation to a charity or political campaign. 2) the s

n. a doctrine of common law that if a person was injured in

1) n. the power to direct, manage, oversee and/or restrict

n. a drug which has been declared by federal or state law t

n. the laws of the state which will be relied upon in inter

n. 1) disagreement, argument or quarrel. 2) a dispute, whic

n. a civil wrong (tort) in which one converts another's pro

v. to transfer title (official ownership) to real property

n. a generic term for any written document which transfers

1) v. to find guilty of a crime after a trial. 2) n. a pers

n. the result of a criminal trial in which the defendant ha

n. an association of individual businesses, farmers, ranche

n. an arrangement in which an association or corporation ow

n. slang for a "plea bargain" in which an accused defendant

n. one who is a member of a partnership. The prefix "co" is

1) n. the exclusive right of the author or creator of a lit

n. a county official with the responsibility to determine t

n. a business opportunity which becomes known to a corporat

n. an organization formed with state governmental approval

n. 1) Latin for body. 2) the principal (usually money, secu

n. (corpus dee-lick-tie) Latin for the substantial fact tha

n. the body of the law, meaning a compendium of all laws, c

v. to confirm and sometimes add substantiating (reinforcing

n. evidence which strengthens, adds to, or confirms already

v. to sign a promissory note or other obligation in order t

n. a list of claimed court costs submitted by the prevailin

n. the amount of money (damages) required to complete perfo

n. shorthand for court costs.

n. the situation when more than one person has an interest

n. one who holds an interest in real property together with

1) n. a lawyer, attorney, attorney-at-law, counsellor, coun

n. a licensed attorney.

n. each separate statement in a complaint which states a ca

n. an offer made in response to a previous offer by the oth

n. a retaliatory claim by a defendant against a plaintiff i

1) adj. describing a document, particularly money, which is

n. in the law of contracts, a written paper which is one of

n. in the midst of or actively involved in at that time, as

adj. actively involved in a person's employment at a partic

n. 1) the judge, as in "The court rules in favor of the pla

n. the list of matters to be heard or set for trial or hear

n. fees for expenses that the courts pass on to attorneys,

n.

n. any court (state or federal) which hears appeals from ju

n. a federal court established (1929) to hear appeals from

n. originally in English common law and in several states t

n. any tribunal within a judicial system. Under English com

("non-jury trial"): a trial with a judge but no jury.

1) n. a military court for trying offenses in violation of

1) n. a promise in a written contract or a deed of real pro

n. a common provision in a contract for sale of a business

n. a promise contained in a deed to land or real estate whi

n. commonly called "CC and Rs," these are written rules, li

n. whether testimony is worthy of belief, based on competen

n. a witness whose testimony is more than likely to be true

n. a person or entity to whom a debt is owed.

n. a claim required to be filed in writing, in a proper for

n. the field of law dealing with the legal means and proced

n. a violation of a law in which there is injury to the pub

n. an oldfashioned term for sodomy (anal sexual intercourse

n. a defendant's excuse for committing a crime due to sudde

1) n. a popular term for anyone who has committed a crime,

n. a popular term for an attorney who specializes in defend

n. the list of criminal cases to be called in court on a pa

n. a generic term for the procedure by which criminal condu

n. those statutes dealing with crimes against the public an

n. after a complaint has been filed against a defendant for

n. the opportunity for the attorney (or an unrepresented pa

n. governmental penalties against convicted criminal defend

n. the intentional and malicious infliction of physical or

n. the crime of inflicting physical pain, suffering or deat

culpable

adj. sufficiently responsible for criminal acts or negligen

n. an attorney employed by a defendant in a lawsuit when th

n. when a criminal defendant has been found guilty of more

n. in corporations, a system of voting by shareholders for

n. in old common law, the right of a surviving husband to a

n. 1) holding property under one's control. 2) law enforcem

n. a federal court established (1926) to hear appeals from

v. to write (prepare) and sign a check.

n. (see-pray doctrine) from French, meaning "as close as po