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the term to a privileged granted to an area such as a town, city or county to pass a local law.
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the term to a privileged granted to an area such as a town, city or county to pass a local law.
The term applied to money taken from a policy that will be deducted from the total amount unless it is paid back.
is term in medical jurisprudence where physicians have to report any injuries that appear to have been inflicted in a criminal nature, such as gun shot wounds.
the term used when a person who has committed a major criminal act and is not allowed to vote.
a Latin phrase that means the written law and is the opposite of lex non scripta.
the term that is given to a one lump payment instead of periodic smaller payments.
the name given to a child who is born of married parents or a child born out of wedlock who has acquired legitimacy.
term used in a policing where a group of similar looking people are lined up and a witness is asked to select the suspect.
the term that applies to a court sanctioned agreement for a husband and wife that details their obligations while living apart.
a term that also means indecent, pornographic, obscene and lascivious.
the term applied to the testimony that is allowed to be presented during a trial.
the term given to a person who shares a law practice with an equal or unequal share.
A term applying to the demand where the amount has already been agreed to.
a modern word that is used to describe the legal and technical language used to write laws, wills and other legal documents.
the term applied to an appeal from a certain part of a decree or a judgement and not from the entire decree.
the term that applies to the jury when it is in deliberation and away from all outside influences.
the term used to describe the blood relationship existing between people who descend in a straight line such as son, father, grandfather.
See polygraph.
the term applied to direct line such as grandfather, son, grandson and is important when a person dies without leaving a will.
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.