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TRIAL FAIR AND IMPARTIAL

a trial with an impartial judge and jury where all of the evidence is heard before a verdict is reached.

TEMPORARY OBSERVATION

a medical term where a person is placed in a hospital to monitor his mental and physical actions to determine if he is competent.

TRADE DISPUTE

a controversy over working conditions and wages that is between the employees and the employer.

TITLE RETENTION

the lien or the mortgage that is used to secure the purchase price of a property.

TRANSFERRED INTENT

a principle that states a person is guilty of a crime if he has injured or attacked a person he hasn’t meant to harm.

TITLE IMPERFECT

This term applies to the title that does not give a total and complete right to ownership of property.

TRUST IMPLIED

a trust that comes into being resulting from the intention to create a trust as a matter of law.

TAINTED EVIDENCE

the name for evidence that results from the illegal conduct of an official and is inadmissible under the 14th amendment.

THINGS PERSONAL

These are the items that belong to a person and can be moved from place to place with them.

TURNOVER PROCEEDING

term used when a court forces a person who is bankrupt to turn over their property to the trustee.

TRUST INTERVIVOS

a living trust set up during a person’s life who is settling money on another person.

TWO-ISSUE RULE

the principle that states there are 2 or more issues in dispute in a court case and the verdict will stand even if there has been an error in trying and deciding

TITLE PERFECT

the title that vests the absolute right of ownership to a person without a question.

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