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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 fund that has been created and managed by the state so it can pay worker’s compensation benefits and awards.

A sentence that is served when another sentence is finished. See, consecutive sentences. See also, How Long Is a Life Sentence?

This means to transfer a criminal from a location back to the location the crime was committed in.

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 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.

this is an event that has taken place after another event.

the evidence that is not the best evidence there is but it will be admitted to court if there is no primary evidence.

a term for describing the location of something.

a Latin term for slanderous in itself. slander a person makes about another about being a criminal or immoral.

a doctrine that says that no one should be tried twice for the same offense if he has already been acquitted.. See double jeopardy.

the receiving and the holding of stolen goods that is an offense if the person is aware they are stolen.