RAVISH
a term that means to rape or to force sexual intentions on a person.
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a term that means to rape or to force sexual intentions on a person.
a Latin phrase for all things that are immovable such as buildings and land.
This means to do something that make a person assume or presume a fact.
This the person who is responsible for damage or an act but who can blame someone else for it.
a stipulation when parts of an estate are given to 2 or more people and when one dies the pat goes to the other people.
a term where the court asks for the permission to introduce some certain evidence.
a renewable credit like that of a credit card where the credit keeps on as each payment is paid.
This means to bring up an issue by one side of the other in a legal dispute.
These are the rights of a person that are considered in reference to the rights of other people.
a term that means to take back or to withdraw a statement that has been made, to repudiate.
These are the rules that control and supervise the orderly procedures of a legislative or deliberative organisation that were compiled by General Robert in 1876.
the term that means to repay or to restitute.
a phrase that is used when you claim that a murder was committed in self defence. You did everything possible to escape.
the name that is given to a stoppage in court proceedings for a short period of time but the court is not adjourned.
a term for asking the court to terminate or dismiss a case. usually asked for by the attorney for the defendant.
to re-open a court decree to insert a provision that has been accidentally omitted at the time of settlement.
the day that a defendant must appear in court due to a course order or writ.
a term for the transfer of property, an assignment, by the assignee to another person.
This means to try a case again after a mistrial or a hung jury fails to give a verdict.
See burden of proof.
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