Legal Articles

a consideration that is used to determine the degree of a sentence.

the regulation or the law that states an action must be carried out.

a tax that is imposed directly on property that is calculated according to the value of the property.

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.

the decision made by a board of directors to pay the stockholders a dividend for each share that they hold.

the award that there is no exact measurement for such as that for pain and suffering.

the phrase that describes the slander or libel that has been printed or spoken that hurts a person’s reputation and character.

court contest between a couple who are divorced where one party is the defendant and the other is the plaintiff.

law holding the seller of intoxicating beverages liable when he serves drinks to a party that results in harm to the party.

a term with several meanings used to describe sensual acts that are in excess of normal behaviour.

an incapacity that totally prevents a person and continues to prevent them carrying out the duties of his job.

the death when there are no vital signs seen to be present.

This term means that the law or a regulation needs to be maintained or instituted without delay.

the term given to something that is dangerous and can cause injury without any human intervention.