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Category: L

LABOR UNION

the name of an organisation of working people that is formed to protect their rights and working conditions.

LEWD

a term that also means indecent, pornographic, obscene and lascivious.

LOST PROPERTY

the term given that describes property that has been lost by carelessness or has been misplaced.

LEX SCRIPTA

a Latin phrase that means the written law and is the opposite of lex non scripta.

LEGAL DEFENSE COUNSEL

the name given to the attorney who will protect and try to acquit the defendant in a law suit.

LOGROLLING

1. The case where a legislator will vote for a bill as long as the legislator with the bill for one of the other person’s bills. 2. Using an excess of extraneous

LEGALESE

a modern word that is used to describe the legal and technical language used to write laws, wills and other legal documents.

LSAT

the abbreviation for the Law Student Achievement Test.

LEGAL RIGHT

the term given to a right or privilege that if challenged is supported in court.

LOCKING UP A JURY

the term that applies to the jury when it is in deliberation and away from all outside influences.

LIBELOUS PER SE

there term given to the publication of written material that can cause injury to the person it is directed against.

LEGALLY COMPETENT

the term that means a person is fit and is qualified to serve in the capacity as an administrator or an executor.

LEGAL JEOPARDY

1. the name given to the situation where a person is taken to trial. 2. Used in the phrase double jeopardy or prior jeopardy, where a person is tried more than once

LETTER ROGATORY

the term given to a request from the court trying a case to another court in a different state or country that asks them to take testimony from a witness residing there.

LEGAL FRAUD

the name given to the actions that are meant to mislead and deceive that may not have been the original intent.

LAY WITNESS

the term that applies to a witness who gives testimony as to an opinion but is not an expert.

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