Category: E

This phrase is found new laws and indicates which legislative body voted for the statute.

The term applied to a trust or an interest that will arise at a time in the future.

This term is applied to the estimated income tax that is based on the earnings expected and not that already earn.

a term where a person will not be served a summons or a subpoenas while he is performing a public duty.

the term for having the sole power.

This when another person’s property has been used for a long period of time and is not obtained legally but by custom.

the bar that will deny something that is sworn to under oath in a previous suit in future suit.

This concerns the operation of laws outside the boundary of a state or country.

This term means a change in the rules governing how property will be inherited by the legal descendants.

situation in an organisation that calls for a response from management.

This term is given to verdict that is out of proportion to the matter in hand and violates the conscious of the court.

the term that is given to an injunction that is issued without notice being given to the party opposing.

The name given to the freedom a child gets when his parents allow him to leave home. Cf., What Does Emancipation Mean?

the person who is appointed as the executor and will also be the trustee.

These are the written down records of court decisions.

The bar that stops the litigation of facts that have already been determined.

the principle that states that you should do everything possible in order to correct the situation before seeking help from a court.

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.