DISCRETIONARY DIVORCE
the name given to a divorce that is granted by the courts own discretion.
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the name given to a divorce that is granted by the courts own discretion.
what the decision of an appellate court is called. It may uphold or modify or reverse the decision of the lower court.
a phrase used in wills showing the transfer of gifts and property.
This an incapacity that a person is able to recover from.
These are the expenditures of a business that are allowed to be deducted from income taxes.
This phrase is the proof and testimony that directly go to an issue at hand.
This term is given to any money that is still owing after a mortgage is foreclosed.
the term used a denial is issued, to contradict or to protest.
This term is applied to a form of mental illness seen in young people that have a split personality.
the term that is given to the power to do or not to do a thing.
the name given to a police officer who will detect and apprehend those people who have committed a crime.
an incapacity that totally prevents a person and continues to prevent them carrying out the duties of his job.
This means to give a fair consideration to and give sufficient attention to all of the facts.
the authority that is bestowed by a an authority that is higher.
where the jury sorts through all of the evidence and the facts of a case before they make a decision.
This means to make known or to reveal something.
This term is applied to a government that has not been elected to the laws of the country.
the way of getting property that involves pressuring and threatening a person and the property.
the court of appeals refusal to hear and try a case already decided in a lower court.
the objection to an indictment that is based on a problem of defect in the indictment.
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