DELIBERATE AND PREMEDITATED
This phrase describes and act that is planned and has been considered before being carried out.
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This phrase describes and act that is planned and has been considered before being carried out.
This land that has control over and restricts the construction of buildings within a set distance from the boundaries.
This phrase is the proof and testimony that directly go to an issue at hand.
This comes from the immediate result of the violation of a right legally.
This means to take away or to destroy property without going through the law processes involved.
the term that is given to a delayed sentence.
the term given when a person needs to pay extra tax on his income as the result of an audit.
the term that is given for the day that a summons to be appear in court must be answered.
the term that is given to the final court’s decision and will render it impossible for another suit to be brought about by the same person on the same matter.
the phrase denoting the person who will benefit from a policy when the policy holder dies.
This used to describe a plea combining 2 or more grounds of action to gain a single decision.
the objection to an indictment that is based on a problem of defect in the indictment.
This term applies to the taking care and being diligent to prevent an accident.
This the money that is awarded to the complainant that is equal to the actual injury or loss. See damages, compensatory.
the authority that is bestowed by a an authority that is higher.
the last day when a defendant can be in court in order to defend himself.
a term with the transfer of authority from one person to another person.
the name given to a divorce that is granted by the courts own discretion.
the term given to people or a company that occupies its premises and to conduct business during proceedings of bankruptcy.
what the decision of an appellate court is called. It may uphold or modify or reverse the decision of the lower court.
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