Category: D

the term meaning the uncontrollable addiction to alcohol or a mental illness featuring habitual intoxication.

A decision that is made during a suit that will clarify and decide a point that has been raised.

the phrase used when the license to practice is taken away from an attorney.

See brain death.

a consideration that is used to determine the degree of a sentence.

the regulation or the law that states an action must be carried out.

a term with several meanings used to describe sensual acts that are in excess of normal behaviour.

an incapacity that totally prevents a person and continues to prevent them carrying out the duties of his job.

the death when there are no vital signs seen to be present.

This term means that the law or a regulation needs to be maintained or instituted without delay.

the term given to something that is dangerous and can cause injury without any human intervention.

This means to give the corporation’s assets to the stockholders that deprives the creditors payment of claims.

This term applies to a person with debt who will squander his money and not pay his creditors.

These are the damages that are unexpected and result from the original act and are beyond the control of the party that is negligent.

the decision made by a board of directors to pay the stockholders a dividend for each share that they hold.

the award that there is no exact measurement for such as that for pain and suffering.

the phrase that describes the slander or libel that has been printed or spoken that hurts a person’s reputation and character.

Court contest between a couple who are divorced where one party is the defendant and the other is the plaintiff. See, Getting a Divorce Without a Lawyer: Pros and Cons

law holding the seller of intoxicating beverages liable when he serves drinks to a party that results in harm to the party.

the name that is given to the trial lawyer who is the defendant’s representative.