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VERDICT ADVERSE

a verdict where a person gets a verdict in his favour but for less than the originally allowed amount.

TRUSTEE EX MALEFICIO

a Latin phrase that is given to a trustee who acts wrongly in the administration of his duties and is held liable.

COMPROMISE VERDICT

This term is applied to a verdict where the juries come to a compromise to reach a verdict. It does not conform properly to a trial by jury.

UNNATURAL WILL

a will where the maker does not provide for his wife or for any children.

GENERAL DEMURRER

a statement made by the defendant claiming the plaintiff has insufficient evidence to justify a suit.

CLOSED HEARING

This term is applied to a trial that is held in private and is the opposite of an open court.

TRUE VERDICT

the verdict where each juror has duly considered the case and come to their own conclusion without any persuasion or outside influences.

VERDICT PARTIAL

The verdict where a defendant is found guilty of some of the charges against him but not of all of then accusations.

TRUST EXECUTORY

a trust that needs action by the originator for it to become fully effective and meaningful.

LEGALIZED NUISANCE

The term that is given to a structure that a neighborhood doesn’t want to be built but is declared legal by law. An example would be a prison.

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

a voluntary and non-profit organisation that helps to maintain the citizen’s civil rights who have been threatened or may be threatened.

WILL MUTUAL

the name of a will where 2 or more people have provisions favouring each other.

VOLUNTARY STATEMENT

the willing statement of a defendant that is free from coercion that admits to some facts attesting to his guilt.

POUROVER WILL

a will that leaves property and or money into a trust that already exists.

BENCH TRIAL

the trial where the judge will find the facts and also apply the law instead of letting a jury decide the law.

EXCESSIVE ASSESSMENT

This the term that is given to a tax assessment that is too high and does not conform with other evaluations.

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