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TAXPAYER

the term that describes a person who pays tax.

FORMER JEOPARDY

a plea where an accused can’t be tried twice for the same offense. See double jeopardy; in jeopardy; legal jeopardy.

MOTION TO ADJOURN

the term that is given to the proposal to end a meeting or a session of court.

HOMICIDAL MANIA

a mental illness where a person has the irrational desire to kill someone.

LOCAL OPTION

the term to a privileged granted to an area such as a town, city or county to pass a local law.

BOOKMAKER

a professional betting man who takes bets from many people on different sporting events and then distributes money to the winners.

PERCENTAGE DEPLETION

a term used for the percentage of tax payer’s gross income that comes from oil or gas wells or natural deposits.

EXCLUSIONARY CLAUSE

a provision in a contract that will restrict the actions a party can take when the other person fails to fulfil the contract.

COMPENSATION CASE

the case where a worker claims that his accident or illness is a result of his employment and is entitled to compensation money.

PROCEEDING COLLATERAL

a proceeding where a certain question is incidentally involved and not for deciding a question.

PUBLIC RECORD

a register of the legal transactions, proceeding, rules and statutes, laws and regulations that is kept on file to be able to be referred to if needed.

REMONSTRANCE

a protest against a certain law being passed or a protest that urges the actions of a public body not be taken.

NONCONTESTABLE

the term that applies to a provision in an insurance policy where the insurer can’t cancel it once the premiums have been made for a certain time.

PLEA IN DISCHARGE

a plea where a plaintiff has the right to sue but where the defendant has already fulfilled all of his obligations to a plaintiff.

SERVIENT ESTATE

a term for the restriction that is placed on land where the deed forbids any placing of buildings within a certain distance from another person’s property.

PARTY OF RECORD

a term that is applied to the person who has been designated formally as a person engaged in a suit or in an appeal.

TRIAL NEW

This involve re-trying the same issues in the same court but with another jury after the verdict has been handed down due to new facts.

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