PRIVATE RULING
a rule that will affect a person and not the general public. See private law.
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a rule that will affect a person and not the general public. See private law.
This occurs when a person who has been made a promise alters his position so he now assumes liability.
a slang term meaning to cheat or to swindle.
the term that is given to a second trial for the same offense. See former jeopardy; in jeopardy; legal jeopardy.
a statement made by the defendant claiming the plaintiff has insufficient evidence to justify a suit.
a Latin phrase for a subpoena that orders a person to bring documents to court.
a rule where the estate’s trustee will only invest the finds of the estate in low risk and safe investments.
a robbery where the person carrying out is armed by having a lethal weapon and threatens his victims with bodily harm.
a statement that says that the court was in session and did its business at a certain place at a certain time.
the second summons that has to be served because the original summons was defective or was improperly served.
This term applies to a robbery that involves a weapon of some kind.
the name given to the statute that controls the distribution and outlawing of addictive and narcotic substances and drugs.
a statute that prevents selling the stock of a fraudulent company.
a stipulation when parts of an estate are given to 2 or more people and when one dies the pat goes to the other people.
suit that is brought by a minority of share holders against a corporation.
the term that describes a sale that is made to avoid legal obligations to a person’s creditors.
the name given to the rule that acceptance of an offer is binding to the offeror when the offer is dispatched.
a term that is used for a silent partner who isn’t widely known as a partner in a business. See partner, silent.
the rule stating that once a bill is enrolled it can’t be questioned by the courts.
a suit that is brought about by 2 or more people who are involved in a single issue.