Category: E

If an insured person pays for a policy in advance, the “earned” premium is the portion of the policy that has already been used.

This phrase means a proper or a pure easement that passes to new owner by inheritance or purchase.

This term applies to the examine of a witness while under oath before a trial. Also called a deposition.

a phrase found in wills where property will be shared and shared a like and each person will receive the same amount.

the name given to the record book where the register of all titles is kept.

This the name given to an act where a child is taken forcibly from a custodial parent.

This term applies to an offense that is committed and does not bear on the current trial.

These are the laws stating that there can be no discrimination made because of a person’s sex, colour, age or race.

the word that means to supplicate or to beg and plead in earnest.

This means to atone for something and to make amends or reparations for.

the term applied to the fair and reasonable reduction in the damages awarded to a claimant.

the term for having the right to the first choice to purchase something.

a doctrine that will prevent the illegally gathered evidence being presented to the court.

the term given to a remedy when the law creates a new liability or a new right.

the action taken by the creditor where he will take possession of property owned by the debtor to satisfy the agreement.

the term given to an officer of a company that is able to act for the board of directors.

The legal evidence that supports the facts of a case where the party given the favorable verdict had to show burden of proof.

This means to take certain parts of evidence and stress the importance of them to the jury.

a term that means to purify and to cleanse.

This term is given to trespass that is pardoned and does away with a law suit.