MENTAL COMPETENCE
term applied to a person’s mental ability and choosing right from wrong and having the ability to express themselves.
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term applied to a person’s mental ability and choosing right from wrong and having the ability to express themselves.
the term that is given to the prison or a reformatory.
a term that is applied to a public right of way.
a term that is given to the proposal that will end a dispute and does away with a law suit.
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.
This term is given to the person who joins someone else in the suing of a defendant.
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.
This term applies when a person has consented to his medical records being released to someone else.
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.
the term given to the money a person spends to defray the expenses of carrying out his usual duties of his job.
a phrase that means to be instead of.
a term that is applied the good judgement and decision of a court or of a judge.
an exemption from arrest given to diplomats of foreign nations that are serving in the US.
the term for an agreement or a covenant by the property owner to hold the property fore a relative.
an agreement to how the assets of an estate will be distributed without the family going to court for a decision.
the phrase used when the license to practice is taken away from an attorney.
the action that takes place in a juvenile court when a child is placed under the court’s jurisdiction.
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.
the written agreement where both parties will agree to do certain actions.
the term that is given to the verdict where all of the jurors have agreed.