Category: P

How a vehicle is primarily used, such as for work, pleasure, etc.

The maximum amount an insurance company will pay under a policy to each person injured in an accident.

A cap on the amount an insurance company pays under a policy for all claims arising from a single accident.

1. The accepted manner in which a professional will act. 2. The way a lawyer who has been admitted to the bar should act. TLD Example: Lawyers are held to strict ethical standards

an oath that is sworn by the debtor that he has no funds or property he can pay his debt with.

the occupying of a property not by ownership but with the arrangement and the consent of the owner.

a term that applies when the occupation of a property by a person has the owner’s permission.

1. To pronounce or to declare. 2. To be approved by authorities. 3. A document that allows a prisoner a temporary leave.

this is the term applied to a nuisance that cannot be removed and damage that will continue indefinitely.

the term given to a law suit dealing with the validity of a patent or the alleged violation of a patent.

the person who acts as the president when the regular one is absent.

a plea that sets out separate and numbered paragraphs for responses to each issue or fact of a suit.

the term that is used for a ruling that will affect the entire general public.

a term given to describe a wall that is built on the line that is between 2 adjoining pieces of land that belong to 2 different people for both of them to

a plea where the answer states reasons why a suit should be dismissed or dropped.

a term given to a court action that doesn’t follow the usual measures to try a case.

a term for evidence of death such as a death certificate that has been filed properly.

term to introduce a new plea that is prepared by the defendant when his original plea is rejected.

the person who occupies property with the conviction that he is the rightful owner.

term for producing a document in court and having the opposing party examine and read it.