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PRESUMPTION OF LAW

the assumption that is created by a law that exists and forces the court to make a certain conclusion.

PARTNERSHIP GENERAL

the term that is applied to an ordinary partnership where all of the partners are committed to the business.

PRECEDENTS

These are the decisions of a court that are thought worthy enough to be used as models for future cases.

PROVISIONAL COURT

a temporary federal court that is set up in territory that has been conquered in a war.

PROPERTY REAL

a term used for land and anything that is on it like buildings and things beneath it or growing on it.

PALPABLE

a term used to describe a thing that is obvious, easily felt or readily detected.

PICKETING UNLAWFUL

the term that describes picketing that misrepresents the facts and is based on false statements.

PUNITIVE POWER

the government’s authority to punish people who have been convicted of a crime.

PEACEFUL PICKETING

a term used for the right of a worker to picket without violence and any physical obstruction to the entrance to premises.

POSSIBILITY OF ISSUE EXTINCT

a term that describes a woman that no matter what age she is able to bear children and a conclusion cannot be made legally that there will be no children.

POOR DEBTOR

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

PARTNERSHIP GOODWILL

the term given to the intangible asset without a set value that h is obtained from the high regard of customers and their satisfaction of a service or goods.

POLITICAL PROCESS

the method used where the candidates for a public office are nominated and then elected.

PRESUMPTION OF SURVIVORSHIP

1. The assumption that one person has survived another when they both died in the same accident. 2. The assumption that a person is still alive even though no one has heard

PRIMARY BOYCOTT

a boycott that is carried against an alleged offender such as against a shop giving bad customer service.

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