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the name that is given to the child of a wife or husband from a previous marriage.

the name of a federal statute that makes in unlawful to attempt to overthrow the government by force.

a maritime lien by a person who has helped in saving a ship, part of a ship and or its cargo. Maritime law recognises theses liens o be legitimate.

a provision in federal bankruptcy law giving the trustee the powers of the most powerful creditor and he can strong-arm to control a bankrupts property and assets.

the name applied to a strike where the worker’s stay on the premises and stop working.

the term that is applied to an estate that is owned by only one person.

the term that describes evidence that will prove a fact in a dispute.

a term that is used to describe the ownership that is vested in one person.

These are the court sessions that happen when the term of a court is over but matters need to be disposed of.

a term where 2 or more attorneys will divide the fees.

a term that means to protect your own property or person an not resort to legal actions to do so.

a term to describe getting a person a drunk and then putting him a on a ship about to go to sea.

a the law that concerns a person or a group of people. See statute, personal.

See amendments to Constitution.

This means to act as your own insurance carrier like the employer who pays directly employees who are hurt while working.

a clause that allows a different distribution of property than that was originally prescribed.

the name that is given to a fence that is built on a neighbour’s property to annoy him.

a mining contract where a person is given a right to mine a pit that is open and was mined at an earlier date.

a term for the restriction that is placed on land where the deed forbids any placing of buildings within a certain distance from another person’s property.

a Latin phrase for a subpoena that orders a person to bring documents to court.