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CONSENT REFUSAL OF

This occurs when the next of kin refuses to give consent for medical treatment or intervention.

UNLAWFUL ACT

the term used for an act that is contrary to or violates a law that exist.

CONTINUING OFFER

This term is applied to an offer that is kept open for a period of time.

HOLDUP

This term applies to a robbery that involves a weapon of some kind.

SERVICE OF NOTICE

the term used for the giving of information to a person who is entitled to receive it. It needs to be carried out according to law.

FRAUDULENT ALIENATION

This term is used when a person transfers title to another person so creditors won’t be able to collect a debt.

PRIVATE RULING

a rule that will affect a person and not the general public. See private law.

UNIT RULE

a rule that the majority vote of a delegation to a political convention be recorded as unanimous and give the delegation’s support to one candidate.

ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE RULE

a term that is given to a ruling in most democratic governments that one person has one vote.

DEDICATION BY DEED

This term applies to land that has been put aside for a public use by a deed which states exactly what the property will be used for.

OPEN-END AGREEMENT

a term that is used for a settlement that is made in a worker’s compensation case where payments will continue for as long as the person is no able to work.

TREBLE PENALTY

the term that is given to a sentence 3 times the normal sentence for a crime that is given to a habitual criminal.

SHAM CONVICTION

a situation where the defendant pleads guilty to a minor offense in order to a trial on a major offense.

RAPE SHIELD LAW

a shield law that is designed to protect the victims of rape from being asked about their past sexual conduct.

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