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the term used when a court ends before the case is settled and the case may be automatically bound over to next session or term of the court. Known as automatic continuance.

The fund resulting in the undistributed earnings and profits from a corporation or company that is in excess of its capital stock.

The agreement where the borrower guarantees absolutely that the repayments will be made on the loan or the contract where one party absolutely agrees to pay due monies.

The procedure that will be carried out when there is not enough money in an estate to fulfil all debts and bequests.

Any death that comes about from a lawful act that is done on the assumption that no harm will result. Involuntary manslaughter results from an unlawful act.

the legacy of the will maker or testator who gives one of two or more things without actually designating which one.

This the request for a remedy where the plaintiff is unsure of the type or exact relief they are entitled to receive and permits the court to direct one of several forms.

The trial with two opposing parties and each one is given the opportunity to present to the court its side of the issues being contested.

the agreement of one person who will pay the debts of another person.

the injury that is superimposed on an original injury that is often encountered in a worker’s compensation disability.

These are the changes that a person makes to his tax return to correct any errors that were made in the original filing.

Latin, for from the first act or meaning from the start.

These are any modifications made to the Constitution of the United States of America that must be ratified first by three quarters of the states for it to become an amendment and

This term is used to describe a person who assaults another person.

Latin. The clause in a plaintiff’s suit that states the amount of damages that are being claimed.

The artificial or spontaneous termination of a pregnancy before the embryo or foetus can survive on its own outside a woman’s uterus.

This means to declare, maintain and to charge as being true.

the signed and written consent that is given to the anaesthetist that allows him to render anaesthetic given by the patient, spouse, parent or guardian.

This any judgement that permits satisfaction in any of several ways.

the agreement made between a man and a woman before they get married with provisions for property disposal should they divorce or a partner dies. See antinuptual settlement; premarital agreement.