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WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE

the type of negligence that is deliberate with the intentional disregard for other people’s welfare.

REFRESHING MEMORY

the attempt of an attorney to try to get a witness to remember the facts or things he has forgotten.

ABROACHMENT

When goods are bought wholesale and are then sold retail but are not offered to the open market for sale.

WHOLLY

a term used for completely, entirely, exclusively and the opposite of partially.

VERBAL CONTRACT

a contract that is spoken and is not written down. See oral contract; verbal agreement.

IXIRNKEY

the term that is given to the person who is holding the keys to a prison or jail.

PLEVIN

the term that is used for a warrant, an assurance or a security.

NEGLIGENCE GROSS

a term that is used to describe the disregarding of your duties that will result in damage or injury to another person.

ADDED DAMAGES

Damages that are added on to the amount that is actually due or damages that are added as a punishment for the defendant. Added damages is sometimes called smart money.

COMMON JURY

This term is applied to the jury that is ordinary and not a special jury or a grand jury.

IPSO FACTO

a Latin phrase that means by the act itself or by the mere fact.

CONJOINT WILL

a will made by more that one person where the money or property to be granted is owned by all people making the will.

POSSESSION ACTUAL

a term that is used for the situation where a person occupies the property that he possess.

SHORT RATE

a term that describes the agreement between the insurer an the insured to cancel a policy and make a new policy.

AD TESTIFICANDUM

Latin. Denoting that a person should appear for the purpose of testifying.

CORRUPTING THE MORALS OF A MINOR

the term that is given to the actions of an adult that leads a child to partake in an activity that is immoral or to witness an immoral activity.

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