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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

These are any modifications made to the Constitution of the United States of America that must be ratified first by three quarters of the states for it to become an amendment and

NEW MATTER

the material that is brought up by the defendant that is beyond the accusations of the plaintiff.

INOPERATIVE DEED

the name given to a deed that is not effective in transferring the title to property.

EMOLUMENTS

These are the monies that have been received for services given or for reimbursements.

JOINT WILL

a will that contains the wills of 2 or more people and the disposing of jointly owned property.

OVERRIDING VETO

a term used for passing a law that has already been turned down and not signed.

NONCONFORMING USES

a term used for the ordinances that restrict the types of buildings that can be erected in certain areas.

CONDITIONAL FEE (ESTATE)

the owning of property that is similar to a fee simple except the property must eventually be passed on to the heirs.

POLICE COURT A

the term for a lower court that will hear and try minor misdemeanors and offenses and has a limited jurisdiction.

PATIENT CONSENT

the name that is given to the permission by a patient to a physician to carry out treatment.

THINGS PERSONAL

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

INVIOLABLE

the term that means not to be violated or able of being invaded.

MOVABLE ESTATE

the term that describes a person’s personal property or belongings or their personal estate.

PSYCHONEUROSIS

the emotional and mental imbalance that is often seen with states of high anxiety with a loss in a sense of reality.

SOLE POSSESSION

a term that is used to describe the ownership that is vested in one person.

CRIPPLING

the term that is applied to anything that is disabling physically.

SITUATED

a term for describing the location of something.

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