n. slang for the rule that the first deed, deed of trust, m

n. a federal law which makes it a crime for organized crimi

n. the federal crime of conspiring to organize to commit cr

1) n. money paid to a kidnapper in demand for the release o

1) n. the crime of sexual intercourse (with actual penetrat

adj. taxable according to value, such as an estate or prope

n. confirmation of an action which was not pre-approved and

v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it w

n. a test of constitutionality of a statute, asking whether

adj. fully prepared to act, as in performing a contract.

n. land, improvements and buildings thereon, including atta

n. nicknamed REIT, a real estate investment organization wh

n. the person or entity who will benefit from a lawsuit or

n. 1) all land, structures, firmly attached and integrated

n. a short form of "real estate."

adj., adv. in law, just, rational, appropriate, ordinary or

n. the degree of caution and concern for the safety of hims

n. not being sure of a criminal defendant's guilt to a mora

n. particularly in contracts, what a prudent person would b

n. the speed of an automobile determined to be lower than t

n. in contracts, common custom in the business or under the

n. commonly used in leases to limit the tenant's responsibi

1) n. a discount or deduction on sales price. A secret reba

n. since a presumption is an assumption of fact accepted by

n. evidence introduced to counter, disprove or contradict t

n. in income tax, the requirement that upon sale of propert

n. a written and signed acknowledgment by the recipient of

n. 1) a neutral person (often a professional trustee) appoi

n. the process of appointment by a court of a receiver to t

n. a break in a trial or other court proceedings or a legis

n. a repeat criminal offender, convicted of a crime after h

n. the exchange of documents, lists of witnesses, and other

n. mutual exchange of privileges between states, nations, b

adj. in both negligence and criminal cases, careless to the

n. gross negligence without concern for danger to others. A

n. operation of an automobile in a dangerous manner under t

n. in those states which use deeds of trust as a mortgage o

1) v. (ree-cored) to put a document into the official recor

n. the statutes of each state which established the keeping

n. in business, particularly corporations, all the written

n. the right of a defendant in a lawsuit to demand deductio

n. the right to demand payment to the writer of a check or

v. to receive a money judgment in a lawsuit.

adj. referring to the amount of money to which a plaintiff

n. the amount of money and any other right or property rece

n. the act of a judge or prosecutor being removed or volunt

v. to refuse to be a judge (or for a judge to agree to a re

v. to buy back, as when an owner who had mortgaged his/her

n. the act of redeeming, buying back property by paying off

n. taking back possession and going into real property whic

n. a person to whom a judge refers a case to take testimony

n. the process by which the repeal or approval of an existi

n. the correction or change of an existing document by cour

v. to use a document, exhibit or previous testimony in orde

n. in corporations, the record of shareholders, and issuanc

n. a detailed report to be filed with the Securities and Ex

n. the records of land title documents kept by the County R

n. rules and administrative codes issued by governmental ag

n. conducting a hearing again based on the motion of one of

n. in probate law (administration of an estate of a person

1) v. to give up a right as releasing one from his/her obli

v. for a judge to allow a criminal defendant pre-trial free

n.

adj. having some reasonable connection with, and in regard

n. acting upon another's statement of alleged fact, claim o

n. gradual change of water line on real property which give

n. generic term for all types of benefits which an order or

n. in real property law, the interest in real property that

n. the person who will receive a remainder in real property

v. to send back. An appeals court may remand a case to the

n. the means to achieve justice in any matter in which lega

v. to give up something, sometimes used in quitclaim deeds.

n. 1) a judge's order reducing a judgment awarded by a jury

adj., adv. extremely far off or slight. Evidence may be so

n. 1) the change of a legal case from one court to another,

n. keeping an existing arrangement in force for an addition

1) v. to hire an object or real property for a period of ti

n. the amount which would be paid for rental of similar pro

n. 1) giving up a right, such as a right of inheritance, a

n. the implementation of a business plan to restructure a c

v. to restore to former condition or in some contracts to o

1) v. to annul an existing law, by passage of a repealing s

n. under common law, the right to bring a lawsuit for recov

n. the written legal argument of the respondent (trial cour

n. the published decisions of appeals courts in all states

v. to take back property through judicial processes, forecl

v. 1) to act as the agent for another. 2) to act as a clien

n. 1) the act of being another's agent. 2) acting as an att

1) n. an agent. 2) n. in probate law, a generic term for an

n. a temporary delay in imposition of the death penalty (a

n. denial of the existence of a contract and/or refusal to

n. a person's good name, honor or what the community thinks

adj. referring to what is accepted by general public belief

1) v. to ask or demand a judge to act (such as issuing a wr

n. a contract between a supplier (or manufacturer) and a bu

(rayz)n. Latin, "thing." In law lingo res is used in conjun

n. a thing (legal matter) already determined by a court, fr

(rayz jest-tie) n. from Latin for "things done," it means a

(rayz ip-sah loh-quit-her) n. Latin for "the thing speaks f

: (rayz judy-cot-ah) n. Latin for "the thing has been judge

n. selling again, particularly at retail. 2) adj. referring

v. to cancel a contract, putting the parties back to the po

n. the cancellation of a contract by mutual agreement of th

n. the rule of law that if a rescuer of a person hurt or pu

n. a provision in a deed which keeps (reserves) to the gran

v. to keep for oneself a right or a portion of the real pro

n. a fund of money created to take care of maintenance, rep

n. 1) the place where one makes his/her home. However, a pe

n. a person who lives in a particular place. However, the t

n. in a will, the gift of whatever is left (the residue) af

n. in a will, the assets of the estate of a person who has

n. the crime of using physical force (no matter how slight

n. a determination of policy of a corporation by the vote o

(rehs-pond-dee-at superior) n. Latin for "let the master an

n. 1) the party who is required to answer a petition for a

adj. 1) legally liable or accountable. 2) having the abilit

n. a series of detailed statements of the basic law in the

n. 1) returning to the proper owner property or the monetar

n. a temporary order of a court to keep conditions as they

n. in antitrust law, any activity (including agreements amo

n. an attempt in a deed or will to prevent the sale or othe

n. any limitation on activity, by statute, regulation or co

n. 1) an agreement included in a deed to real property that

n. an endorsement signed on the back of a check, note or bi

n. common lawyer lingo for outcome of a lawsuit.

n. a trust implied by law (as determined by a court) that a

n. the advance payment to an attorney for services to be pe

v. 1) to stop working at one's occupation. 2) to pay off a

n. 1) to withdraw any legal document in a lawsuit or other

n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party,

adj. referring to a court's decision or a statute enacted b

n. written confirmation under oath by a process server decl

n. a published opinion of the Internal Revenue Service stat

n. the decision of a court of appeal ruling that the judgme

n. a legal mistake at the trial court level which is so sig

n. in real property, the return to the grantor or his/her h

n. synonymous with reversion.

n. the judicial consideration of a lower court judgment by

n. 1) requesting a court to reinstate the force of an old j

n. 1) mutual cancellation of a contract by the parties to i

v. to annul or cancel an act, particularly a statement, doc

n.

n. 1) an attachment to a document which adds to or amends i

1) n. an entitlement to something, whether to concepts like

n. 1) a pathway or road with a specific description (e.g. "

n. the possible right to be let alone, in absence of some "

n. 1) plural of right, which is the collection of entitleme

n. 1) technically a turbulent and violent disturbance of pe

adj. referring to the banks of a river or stream.

n. the right of the owner of the land forming the bank of a

adj. in constitutional law, referring to a law case appeale

n. chances of danger or loss, particularly of property cove

n. the responsibility a carrier, borrower or user of proper

n. a preliminary test law enforcement officers use on a sus

n. 1) the direct taking of property (including money) from

n. a written request by a judge to a judge in another state

n. a percentage of gross or net profit or a fixed amount pe

1) v. to decide a legal question, by a court, as in: "I rul

n. the legal prohibition against tying up property so that

n. a set of procedural regulations adopted by courts which

n. court decision on a case or any legal question.

adj. 1) referring to cattle or other animals which have esc

adj. permanently part of the title (ownership) to real prop