Category: E

a Latin phrase that means a claim has arisen from the breaking of a law.

the abbreviation for a proposed amendment, Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution.

the term used to describe the wilful and premeditated determination to bring about harm to another.

the objection to the plaintiff’s suit that is based on having no legal validity to a claim.

1. a homicide that is committed in self-defence. 2. An accidental homicide. See homicide, justifiable; justifiable homicide.

a law that states after being missing for a certain number of years a person is declared dead. See legally dead; presumption of death.

an exception that will take back or withdraw from a deed something that has already been granted.

a bar that will renounce or renege that facts that have already been agreed to in a contract.

This term is used to lengthen the time given to m et an obligation.

a term in an insurance policy that requires proof of the circumstances that surround an accident.

a provision in a contract that will restrict the actions a party can take when the other person fails to fulfil the contract.

a Latin phrase for the writ brought before court contends that the judgement be set aside due to an error of fact.

an obligation that is based on a future condition that may or may not result in a debt.

used to calculate income tax and is the expenses that are able to be deducted.

the error made when a court gives a judgement or verdict and doesn’t know of a fact.

These are the facts needed to prove a matter that is at issue.

a clause in a contract or a lease that is made during a time of government price control regulations.

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.