Category: F

When two or more vehicles are involved in a low-impact collision with minimal damage.

The name given to laws requiring motorists to obtain insurance coverage on vehicles driven on state roads.

See false arrest.

federal law that requires people who represent a foreign country to register with the US government.

a Latin phrase for a slanderous or libelous letter or writing.

an expression used where a contract or an agreement was made by forcing one party into it.

a phrase that means you go from port to port during a voyage at sea.

This term applies to placing the details of the incorporation of a company on record.

These are the conditions that exist when all details of the defendant and the plaintiff’s case is submitted to court for a verdict.

This term applies to the unlawful restraint and or imprisonment of a person and an illegal arrest.

a person found to be guilty of a misdemeanour who gets lenient treatment.

the hearing that will settle the case through a final decision.

the insurance company statement that details all of the particulars of an accident.

a term given to the issue presented in equity court that does not have the jurisdiction to settle. It should be heard in court of common law.

a guarantee of the 1st and 14th amendment that gives people to the right to publish as they see fit.

This means something that is prescribed by a law that already exists.

This term applies to the copyright of an author to the publication of a manuscript and the date a copy first goes on sale.

This term is applied to the value of a property that a seller will accept and the buyer will pay.

1. The agreement that ends matters between partners dissolving a partnership. 2. The settling of outstanding obligations.

This describes the intentional breaking into of a dwelling with the intent to steal.