Category: J

a term given to an officer of a military court martial who can act as the prosecutor.

a term used to describe the wrong doing of youths and children.

a bank account that is in more than one persons name.

This term applies where land or property is owned by 2 or more people.

the term used when a decision is rendered as long as one of the parties carries out certain actions.

the term used when there is more than one executor to an estate.

the name that is given to a judge who is serving from the result of a legitimate appointment or election.

the term that applies to crossing a street in the wrong place and walking diagonally across the road.

a Latin phrase where the judgement against a defendant on an issue of law is raised by his defense.

The term that issued when a person disappears before the trial and is in violation of posted bail.

the term that describes the jury of 12 to 24 men and women who will hear all of the court witnesses and evidence.

term that means having equal responsibility.

a term used that applies to the period that lasts till the death of the last to survive of specified people.

a term mused in tax practices that is the fair value of property for tax purposes.

term given to a prisoner who studies law while he is in jail so he can help himself and other inmates.

the term given to the temporary judge who is filling in at court.

a suit that is brought about by 2 or more people who are involved in a single issue.

the name that is given to the laws allowing the courts to render a judgement against one or more joint debtors.