Category: E

the term given to the deceit that lays the groundwork for setting aside a judgement.

This term is given to the person who takes over another person’s debt and releases from it.

a choice to accept a benefit from a will and relinquish your claim or to retain he claim and to reject the benefit.

the word that means to grant the authority, to delegate and to commission.

a clause in a contract or a lease that is made during a time of government price control regulations.

This applies to the interpretation of a statute by narrowing or making larger the letter of the law.

1. The person with a legal claim against an estate. 2. The person with a lien on a property where the value is diminished until the encumbrance is removed.

a rule that is issued by a court of equity that is just and fair.

phrase with the meaning of having the right to future payments.

a device that is used to record the electric currents of the various chambers of the heart. Also called an ECG one EKG.

This term applies to the objection of a bail amount.

evidence that does not appear in a contract or written document but has a bearing on an issue.

This means to prevent, stop or bar something from happening.

This term applies to the discretion or the privilege that a judge has when he decides a case.

This mans to make the same and uniform and to make equal.

a clause found in the First Amendment that separates the state from the church.

a Latin phrase that is the motto of the USA and states: Out of many, one or more commonly One for all and all for one.

1. To take private property for the use of the public. 2. Surrendering a claim to property.

a law that makes something more comprehensive or extensive than an earlier law. See remedial statute.

the rule stating that once a bill is enrolled it can’t be questioned by the courts.