Category: L

the title given to the remaining estate after all of the bequests have been made.

a Latin phrase for a pending suit or a person who has been suspended.

term used to describe a written agreement between parties.

another term used to describe a person’s descendants and is the same as lawful issue.

the name given to a person who tries to influence the legislators to vote in favour of a certain legislation.

a Latin phrase that means the unwritten or the common law.

the term given to a money bequest.

term given to a bequest that has been taken from the general funds of the person who made the will.

the term that describes a period in a mentally unbalanced person’s life where they act normally.

the abbreviation for the Law Student Achievement Test.

the term that is given to people who are able to inherit due to kinship.

a term that is given to statements that appear to be slanderous but which must be proved to slanderous.

term that describes to hang about and doing nothing in a public place.

a term where a law of a state gives its courts jurisdiction over people and property outside the state.

a term used to describe a case of importance that it will establish a new law and set new precedents.

the term used to describe the person who advocates for freedom related to social thought and conduct.

the term given to an additional bequest that is granted by the same or a different will.

a term in medical jurisprudence where the physicians of an area must maintain standards of practice.

the term that describes the strict adherence to the law.

term used to apply to the lewd behaviour exceeding moral and customary bounds.