SELF-PRESERVATION
a term that is used for a person’s basic instinct of survival and protecting their own health, body and life.
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a term that is used for a person’s basic instinct of survival and protecting their own health, body and life.
term that is used for the defence that is presented in bad faith or that is obviously false.
a legacy of a specified property or chattel to a particular person that is detailed in a will. See legacy, specific.
a term for various state statutes that allow the media and the general public to be present during the deliberations of legislative bodies.
phrase found in in the swearing in process that is included in all oaths.
an affidavit that is presented in addition to the original and supports your contention further.
a counterclaim by the defendant against the plaintiff. The setoff may not have anything to do with a plaintiff’s original claim.
money that is paid to an employee while he is away from work due to an illness.
a term where criminal records are sealed in cases that involve young offenders and can only be examined with a court order.
the name that is given to the US Attorney General.
a term related to the origin of your income. The IRS can ask how a person came into some money he is not expected to have.
a term that means to cut off a person’s ability to breathe or to use an asphyxiating gas.
1. To withhold executing a jail sentence on certain conditions. 2. A sentence that si given by the court that is not actually served.
a term that is applied the good judgement and decision of a court or of a judge.
a request for another hearing that is based on an assumption that an error was made at the earlier hearing.
the name that is given to a bond that the parties in dispute submit to an impartial arbitrator.
the name of a federal law that has been enacted to aid small business enterprises.
term that is legal term and not medical term for a recurrent or a habitual mental illness.
a term that describes the position from which a person can’t escape. See last clear chance.
a statement in Article VI of the US Constitution that states laws are the laws of the land and all other laws are subservient to and bound by the laws laid down