Category: G

The place where a car is usually stored, such as a home’s garage, when it is not in use.

Also called Loan/Lease Payoff Coverage, Gap Insurance covers the difference between how much an insurer will pay on a lost, stolen, or totalled vehicle, and how much the insured person still owes

the rule dealing with the right of an employee to compensation for accidents when travelling to and from work.

These are the legal causes that allow a divorce to take place and differ in each state.

This term is used when you know that an unlawful situation exists but you choose to ignore, such as accepting goods you know are stolen.

a court martial held for a major crime or violation that has been committed by a person serving in the armed forces.

a term used to explain your guilt to an offense but you say why you committed the offense.

a term that applies to a major injury.

the term used for a person showing orderly conduct while in jail. It can help parole be granted and the sentence shortened.

This term applies to a person appearing voluntarily in a court who has not waited for a summons or a subpoena.

the instructions given to the jury by the judge before they begin deliberation. The merits of the case are listed and the verdict is based only on these points.

a pardon that is given to a class or group of people convicted of crimes such as a group of political prisoners. See amnesty.

These are the laws that have been passed in order to preserve wildlife.

the term that is used to describe the theft of a large sum of money that is greater than a set amount.

an objection to evidence that does not why the evidence is inadmissible.

a statement made by the defendant claiming the plaintiff has insufficient evidence to justify a suit.

This term applies to things that go in evidence when it has been presented and accepted to be evidence at a trial.

doctrine that applies in most states of the US where a doctor is freed from a malpractice suit when he treats a person in an emergency.

See great bodily harm.

a bond or a stock that is guaranteed by a person who is not the issuer or the stocks or bonds.