Glossary Of Legal Terms

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A

Acknowledgment Of Satisfaction Of Judgment

Action Case

Active Status

Additur

Adjective Law

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B

Back Pay

Backlog

Badgering The Witness

Bail

Bailment

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C

Caning

Canons Of Ethics

Capital Case

Capital Offense

Capital Stock

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D

Damages

Dangerous Weapon

De Facto Corporation

De Facto Segregation

Deadly Weapon

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E

Economic Duress

Effective Date

Egress

Eir

Ejectment

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F

Face Amount

Face Sheet Filing

Fact Finder

Failure To State A Claim

Fair Comment

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G

Garnishee

Genericide

Good Cause

Governing Law

Grand Jury

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H

Habeas Corpus

Habitable

Habitual Criminal

Head Of Family

Headnote

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I

Illusory Promise

Immaterial

Impleader

Implied Warranty Of Fitness

Impossibility

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J

Judicial Conference Of The United States

Jeopardy

Joint Administration

Joint And Several Liability

Joint Petition

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K

Key Employee

Kiter

Knock And Announce

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L

Land Trust

Large Accelerated Filer

Latent Defect

Law Clerk (or Staff Attorney)

Law Of The Land

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M

Magistrate

Mailbox Rule

Maim

Mainstreaming

Maintenance

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N

Necessaries

Negligence

Net Loss

Nihil

No-asset Case

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O

Oath

Objection

Objection To Dischargeability

Objection To Exemptions

Offeree

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P

Panel

Paralegal

Parol Evidence

Parol Evidence Rule

Parties

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Q

Question Of Fact

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R

Reaffirmation Agreement

Reasonable Belief

Reasonable Doubt

Recess

Record

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S

Sanction

Schedules

Search Warrant

Secured Creditor

Secured Debt

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T

Temporary Restraining Order

Testator

Testify

Testimony

Toll

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U

U.S. Attorney

U.S. Marshal (or Bailiff)

U.S. Trustee

Unconstitutional

Undersecured Claim

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V

Venire

Venue

Veracity

Verdict

Victim Advocate

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W

Workers' Compensation

Wage Garnishment

Warrant

Will

Witness

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Full Name

Phone Number

Email

State

Additional Comments