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a phrase that is used when you claim that a murder was committed in self defence. You did everything possible to escape.

A Latin phrase where the ruling of a court becomes final unless one or both parties show cause for it not to be.

TLD Example: The divorce decree from the court was a rule nisi to become final after the expiration of the statutory waiting period of 60 days unless one or both of the parties objected.

a Latin phrase that means abandoned property.

the term that means something is able to be corrected. Redressed or rectified.

the term that is applied to a person driving a vehicle in a manner that can cause an accident

See standing order of court.

a Latin term that means to give up a defence by the defendant.

These are the rights of a person that are considered in reference to the rights of other people.

a term that means to give forth a verdict or decision or to pronounce.

a test that is given to an accused person to see if he knew right from wrong when he committed the crime.

See remainder, contingent.

a transfer of a law suit from one court to another court done because a court may lack the jurisdiction to try the case.

the term that describes a fact that in important due to its relationship with another fact.

a Latin phrase that means the point in question or the matter being contested.

a shield law that is designed to protect the victims of rape from being asked about their past sexual conduct.

an act by a person by silence or admission that leads to certain facts to be believed to be true when they are not true.

a term that means to be careless and indifferent to the welfare of other people.

These are the plans that are provided by each person to pay for their retirement.

the term that is given to testimony and evidence that shows that the evidence that was presented by the opposing party is not true.

This means to give a right by a spouse to claim property owned by their partner.