Legal Articles

the name of the debt where the person who owes the money to the creditor has deceived him by defrauding him.

a phrase used in wills showing the transfer of gifts and property.

This means that a person is trained and prepared to perform tasks or to fulfil an office.

This term applies to any mental disease caused by an emotional illness or is organic in origin.

the term that is given to evidence that has followed on from illegally collected evidence.

a Latin phrase that means of a trifling consequence and a matter that is so small that the court does not wish to even consider it.

the concept that is behind a valid divorce that has dissolved the marriage.

This term is given to any money that is still owing after a mortgage is foreclosed.

the term that is used in order to deprive a person of their citizenship.

a judgement that dismisses a case due to the plaintiff’s contentions not being proved.

the compensation that is in excess of the damages that are awarded as a punishment for the defendant.

This term applies to the recompense that a person is entitled to receive.

The term that states that a decision has been agreed to by both of the parties involved and has been made and sanctioned by a court.

This term is applied to a pleading that hasn’t met the minimum standards of accuracy or is insufficient.

a term used to describe the actions of a person who self-administers drug that are dangerous and or harmful.

a testimony that is not relevant to the issues for consideration.

the examination of a witness by the party who called him to court.

a word that means to be of unsound mind or to incompetent mentally.

This word means to cross out or remove words from a document.

where the jury sorts through all of the evidence and the facts of a case before they make a decision.