Legal Articles

This term is given to a person with no regard for the social standards expected of him and he behaves in a lewd, immoral and unrestrained way.

the measure and the extent of evidence in a case and is the major factor in determining guilty or not guilty.

A law in some states where a widow has the right to one-third of her husband’s land.

the term that means to take property away illegally from its rightful owner.

the action that takes place in a juvenile court when a child is placed under the court’s jurisdiction.

This term is used to describe a person who is behind the wheel of a vehicle and is driving on public roads while under the influence of alcohol.

This term is given to a company that functions as a legal enterprise but really has nor purpose at all in the corporation.

This term applies to judges decision that is not made at the end of the testimony but is kept till a later date.

the status a person can have when he is claimed by 2 countries to be a citizen and can travel on 2 passports.

This an incapacity that a person is able to recover from.

These are the damages that have been awarded by a jury that is impartial and after it has deliberated the case.

the term that applies to course of events.

a person who administers drugs out of habit and not because they need them.

This term is used to mean to find or make a discovery, find a criminal and to bring out any facts that have been hidden.

This term applies when a divorced or separated couple share the custody of any children.

a term used to mean to treat sacrilegiously or to violate the sanctity of a sacred thing.

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.