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Optional Coverage

Insurance coverage provided by a policy that is beyond what is required by law. Includes Collision Coverage and Comprehensive Coverage.

Occasional Driver

A person who operates an insured vehicle who is not considered the primary or principle driver.

ON ALL FOURS

a term that is applied to a case that is similar to another case in all aspects.

OMISSION CRIME OF

the term that applies to an offense that is characterised by a person failing to perform an act.

OFFICIAL ACT

the name that is given to an act that is carried out by an officer doing his duties.

ON THE MERITS

term used by a court where a decision of the court has been based on presented facts and not technical legal practice.

OBSESSION

a term that describes a thought that will persist no matter how hard you try to forget about it.

OPEN WILL

will that has been spoken orally and is a nuncupative will.

OVERRIDING VETO

a term used for passing a law that has already been turned down and not signed.

OCCUPATIONAL DUTIES

the term that describes the responsibilities that are a regular part of a person’s job.

ORIGINAL EVIDENCE

1. The original document introduced to a trial. 2. First hand evidence and the best evidence submitted to a case.

OPENING CASE

the name that is given to the opening statement for a new case or when new evidence comes to hand.

ORDINARY CONVEYANCE

The term used for the transferring of property that is carried out voluntarily and not by a court order.

OVERCOME

a term that is used for overcoming evidence that is presented by a party to a suit by presenting more convincing evidence.

OFFER OF COMPROMISE

a term that is given to the proposal that will end a dispute and does away with a law suit.

OMNIBUS MOTION

the term used to describe a motion that contains several other motions.

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