Legal Articles

a term that is used to describe that actions of a person with the intent to harm another person.

used to describe a debt that cannot be collected.

a term that applies to a will that is in the handwriting of the maker of the will.

the expression used that describes the trading in a new stock, bond or security that has been announced but not issued yet.

These are the laws that give funds for workers who are hurt during the course of carrying out their job.

a provision in the US Constitution where a witness is not forced to give testimony against himself.

the failure of a plaintiff to pursue the charges that will result in his case being dropped.

the name of a will that needs certain conditions to be met for other events to occur.

the intention to give up a right, benefit or a privilege by conduct that a waiver will be given.

the act of confining a person to a mental institution without doing it lawfully. False imprisonment.

a Latin term for a writ asking for a verdict to be set aside due to errors of fact.

the name of the legal action that is taken to determine if a will is legitimate and able to be probated. See probate.

a will made and signed by 2 people that serves them both.

a court order from the court of appeals to the judge who tried a case in lower court to give the records of the case to the appeals court.

a term that applies to the intentional giving up of a known right.

failing to give evidence that needs to be given or not disclosing some piece of information when asked to do so.

a way to postpone a case by removing one of the jurors.

this is a witness who didn’t want to come to court to testify but got a summons to do so.

an order from a court to a marshal that directs him to take possession of property from a person or company who has been declared bankrupt.

the giving up intentionally by a debtor his right to exempt property from claims of a creditor.