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PRECARIOUS POSSESSION

the possession that is dependent on the pleasure of another personbeing terminated at any time.

PAYABLE TO BILLS PAYABLE

a term that is used when referring to the designation of an impersonal payee when a bearer instrument is created.

NEGLIGENCE HAZARDOUS

the term that is given to the reckless behaviour that threatens a person or exposes a person to harm.

CORPORATION LAW

These are the laws that govern the formation and the activities of corporations.

PARAMEDICS

the name that is given to a person who is trained to help people in emergency situations.

FILING A CLAIM

This term means to present a written statement of a request for damages or relief.

OPENING A JUDGMENT

the term that is used when a judgement is reviewed to see if it should still stand or be set aside.

SECTARIAN

a term that relates and pertains to a sect or religion that differs from non-sectarian which is not related to a religion or sect.

PARTNERSHIP ASSETS

the term that is applied to the property that belongs to a partnership and not the individual members.

SKIPPING BAIL

the term that means to not show in court when you are supposed. Bail money is forfeited.

WELFARE STATUTES

These are the laws that help to support people who can’t support themselves.

INTERSTATE LAW

This si the name given to the principles and rules that need to be considered in suits that are between people from different countries.

ANSWER OVER

This when you plead again after the defects in your presentation have been pointed out to you by the opposite party. Id is also known as pleading over or respondeat ouster.

SPECIAL PRIVILEGES

These are the rights that are granted to a person or a group of people that may not be granted to everyone universally.

PARENTHESES

term that describes the marks of punctuation that are curved lines, (), used to insert a phrase, word or clause in the middle of a sentence.

AMERICAN LAW REPORTS

a series of books that are printed and contains annotations of cases that have been important to American Law. These reports are often referred to by attorneys in law suits.

AQUATIC RIGHTS

These are the rights that apply to people to use rivers, lakes and the sea for the purposes of fishing, pleasurable pursuits and navigation.

SERVICE BY MAIL

This means to serve a summons by way of mailing it to the person’s address that si done when it is impossible to deliver it directly.

PSYCHONEUROSIS

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

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