AIR PIRACY
The act of forcibly taking over an aircraft. See hijacking.
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The act of forcibly taking over an aircraft. See hijacking.
when the court takes the property and will hold it during the course of the trial. The property is security should the case be decided against the defendant.
This enables a person to act; it gives the authority for a person to carry out an act.
a method of causing pregnancy where semen from an anonymous donor in injected into a woman’s uterus.
the unlawful and illegal effort to avoid paying taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.
The unqualified and the total agreement in accepting a liability or a responsibility.
The document that is recognised formally before an authorised official. The person who acknowledges the instrument says that it is authentic and has been executed freely and voluntarily.
Any person connected to a crime before or after it has happened, but was not present when the crime was committed. See aid and abet.
the second subpoena that is issued after the original subpoena failed to accomplish the purpose of it.
This the wrongful act of one person that interferes with the affection one spouse has for the other. This could be one a husband or wife is deprived of the others affection
This term is used to describe an attack that is carried with malice aforethought and has the intent to kill someone.
the organisation that is composed of the 2 largest labour unions in the USA, the American Federation of Labour and the Congress of Industrial Organisations.
Damages that are added on to the amount that is actually due or damages that are added as a punishment for the defendant. Added damages is sometimes called smart money.
In some states of the US this must be filed every year by the corporations doing b business in that state and attests to the fact that are not part of a
A person who takes a property before the heir has a chance to get the property.
the term used to state that a person has died due to lack of oxygen or having too much carbon dioxide in their blood.
The act of including one matter in another matter or the accession or the addition of something.
The final and total power of acting on your own judgement.
Giving something up or to renounce.
Any note that is signed by another person that helps the person obtain a loan.
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