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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.

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

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

The action of buying or gaining the possession of property.

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 term is used to describe an attack that causes bodily injury that is accompanied by the intention of committing a robbery.

Latin phrase for a criminal act.

This term applies to psychiatrists. In all legal matters, an alienist is often called upon to testify to the defendant’s mental condition.

a voluntary and non-profit organisation that helps to maintain the citizen’s civil rights who have been threatened or may be threatened.

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

These are the damaging criticisms that imply that a person is not honourable.

These are the monies and properties of a deceased person that are made available to the executor of the estate for paying any outstanding debts and to distribute to his heirs.

Part of the constitution giving a woman the right to have an abortion in the first 3 months of pregnancy. It may be forbidden later on in pregnancy unless the mother is

The action of confessing or to admit something.

This term applies to apparent authority and not actual authority.

Any act that is committed by a jailer or another person that allows a criminal to escape. It is a criminal offense.

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.

a voluntary and non-profit organisation that has a panel of arbitrators who hear labour and other sorts of disputes.

an insult.

Latin. Denoting that a person should appear for the purpose of testifying.