OATH PURGATORY
the term applied to a sworn statement where a person purges himself and attempts to clear himself of wrong doing or misconduct.
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the term applied to a sworn statement where a person purges himself and attempts to clear himself of wrong doing or misconduct.
the term that is applied to a sudden and severe injury like a blow to the head or a crushing injury to an arm or leg.
a state board that has the authority to approve or disapprove an application for a license to practice a profession.
term used for the system where a prisoner with indeterminate sentences are paroled.
the term given to the strong suspicion that will convince a person that there are grounds for a person being guilty.
the name applied to a strike where the worker’s stay on the premises and stop working.
a suit brought about to obtain a determination as to the title of a certain piece of property.
the term that determines the nature of matters brought before courts that will decide which jurisdiction should consider the issue.
a situation that occurs when an attorney tries to contact a person who has had an accident. See ambulance chasing.
the settlement of taxes that is between the taxpayer and the government agency charged with collecting the taxes.
a term that denotes “no responsibility” where a person is excused form obligation and liability.
a slang term meaning to cheat or to swindle.
a term with several meanings used to describe sensual acts that are in excess of normal behaviour.
a term that means applies to a temporary edict from a court such as a temporary injunction.
a term used when all evidence has been presented and the court is left to consider the judgement.
a term that is applied to presenting evidence in a law suit and the evidence is placed in the official record.
a rule that will affect a person and not the general public. See private law.
A situation where a person makes more than one trust in a single document but the same person is trustee to them all.
the title to a property that has no doubt and has a clean title.
the term given to a token award given to a plaintiff by the court to show that the he was right but no money damage is required or justified.
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