PREEMPTION ENTRY
a term for the entering and occupation of public land to create a homestead.
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a term for the entering and occupation of public land to create a homestead.
a right to release a the receiver of private information from keeping the information a secret.
a term that is used when a person dies before another.
a settlement of property or money made after a marriage to benefit wife and children.
the term that is given to certain information that is only given to some people and not to other people.
a term that is applied for the inability to lead a normal life due to mental and physical suffering.
1. The eyewitness testimony. 2. Testimony that is seen or heard to take place.
the name of the court file where the records of people convicted of crimes is kept.
a term that is used for a gift of land that is from the government.
a term that is given to the penal code or a penal statute.
a plea that brings new material for the defence.
The term given to a rule requiring an appellate court to reverse a conviction and start a new trial as an error was made in the first trial.
a trust that is created for a person’s sole use where any benefits and interest cannot be transferred.
an agreement that is made between a couple before marriage with provisions for property disposal should they separate or divorce.
a term that is used for an offer or to offer.
the term that is applied to the peaceable entry onto land without using force of any kind.
the term that is applied to an injury that has appeared with certainty and will be ongoing and not disappear.
a term given to the negligence that results from failing to act or perform an obligation.
a term used to describe people who are police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals and other people involved with the keeping of the peace.
the term that describes a statement that appears to be slanderous but whose injury needs to be proved.
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