Category: S

another name for an expert witness.

the term that si given to the extra damages that are awarded to a plaintiff over the loss of his property after considerations of the circumstances.

a term applied to a person who seeks pleasure or sexual gratification by hurting someone mentally or by inflicting pain.

the term used to describe a person who has hidden inside a plane or ship to get a free ride.

the name that is given to the whole citizenry who elect their representatives and public officers amend live within a sovereign state.

a law that is used for the right to the immediate possession of land.

a term where a title is investigated to make sure it belongs to the alleged owner.

an meeting of stockholders to elect officers and conducting business that requires action and consent.

See per stipes.

This means that a court must make a decision based on the language used in writing a statute and must make no interpretation of a law.

a term for sentences that run at the same time as other sentences and often occur when has a person has committed a number of wrongs.

the term that means a guess or a conjecture that a thing is true and factual with no positive proof that it is true.

the name for a one-on-one meeting between a suspect and a witness in a line up where the witness is shown a group of people and asked to select the suspect.

the term that describes a sale that is made to avoid legal obligations to a person’s creditors.

suit that is brought by a minority of share holders against a corporation.

a person who is obligated to pay the debt for a person who has failed to pay it.

a term that is applied to the good and fair value of something.

the term that is applied to the conscious intention and premeditation in carrying out an act.

the term that is used for the knowledge and ability that is possessed by an average and competent person.

the term used when evidence is excluded from being used in a jury’s considerations.