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a legal term that is applied to an unmarried female who has yet to experience sexual intercourse.

This terms means to plead guilty to a lesser offense than that charged and it is accepted by the court.

These are the tangible items that can be inherited that are different from the rights and privileges that may be inherited.

This occurs when the assets of an estate are grouped together where there is no will pertaining to the distribution of assets.

The is the sum of all of the charges that are brought up against a defendant who can be guilty of one or more counts or innocent of all counts.

This term applies to the vouching of authenticity of something that is carried out by signing a document.

the name that is given where each party will receive an equivalent or mutual benefit and obligation.

the term tat is given to a jailer or a prison guard.

An opinion that is given by another authority that is in agreeance and upholds the opinion of the first authority.

See legal malice.

the term given to restricting unlawfully the freedom of another person by threatening to commit a criminal offense.

the contract that does not create a debt due to the contract being fulfilled with the payment of cash.

a term given to a lawyer, attorney or a counsellor. To counsel someone means to advise them.

an attack physically that results in bodily injury that is committed by the assailant. It is proven and wilful act.

the settlement of taxes that is between the taxpayer and the government agency charged with collecting the taxes.

the term that is applied when a person is declared innocent and is forgiven or acquitted.

an expression that is used for the carrier who applies for a license to operate vehicles commercially along a route or highway.

any evidence that is brought up in a case that has not been arranged beforehand to be used as evidence of a fact or event.

equity practice that deals with the fairness and rights of the law rather than the written statutes of the law.

Used in medical jurisprudence where a brother or sister is the nearest available next of kin and can give consent to treatment.