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OFFER OF COMPROMISE

a term that is given to the proposal that will end a dispute and does away with a law suit.

EQUITABLE RECOUPMENT

the term applied to the fair and reasonable reduction in the damages awarded to a claimant.

CONSPICUOUS PLACE

the term that is given to the place that something can be seen so it can be observed and easily seen by interested and disinterested parties.

CO-LITIGANT

This term is given to the person who joins someone else in the suing of a defendant.

CRIME OF PASSION

the name given to a crime that is committed under circumstances that involves the compelling emotion of the perpetrator.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY

used in real estate that indicates that a piece of property has a lien against it and a person needs to take care before taking title to it.

STANDING SEISED TO USES

the term for an agreement or a covenant by the property owner to hold the property fore a relative.

FAMILY SETTLEMENT

an agreement to how the assets of an estate will be distributed without the family going to court for a decision.

DELINQUENCY PROCEEDING

the action that takes place in a juvenile court when a child is placed under the court’s jurisdiction.

CERTIFICATE OF ASSIZE

a writ or a formal document where a second trial on the same issue was held before the same jury due to mistake of the court.

NO CODE

a term that a family or a person can give to a physician not to keep a person alive by artificial means or to resuscitate if death is near.

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