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CHASTE

a legal term that is applied to an unmarried female who has yet to experience sexual intercourse.

NOTICE CONSTRUCTIVE

a term that applies to the inferred or the implied notice that can’t be contradicted legally.

NATIONAL CURRENCY

the money that is issued by a federal government that is used as the legal tender of the country.

POLICE COURT A

the term for a lower court that will hear and try minor misdemeanors and offenses and has a limited jurisdiction.

POST-TRIAL MOTIONS

a term that is used for the motions that are made in court after a trial has ended.

EARNING CAPACITY

These are the monies that a person is able to earn that results from skills and training.

PRURIENT INTEREST

a term that is used for a morbid interest in sex, nudity and obscene or pornographic matters.

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

the used to describe a lack of evidence or not having enough facts for a jury top reach a verdict.

PREMEDITATED MURDER

The term that is used to describe a murder that was planned in advance and was carried out willfully. TLD Example: Hiring someone to carry out the killing was enough evidence for

UNMARRIED

a term that means a person is not yet married.

LEGAL INSANITY

the term given to the mental illness and incapacity to a person to a degree that that the law will recognise the person to be insane.

MALPRACTICE MEDICAL

the term to describe the improper or poor performance of a physician, dentist and other medical professionals.

NEW EVIDENCE

the name given to new material that has come to light after a trial has been conducted and could be the basis for a new trial.

BANKRUPTCY LAWS

These are laws passed in order to aid creditors to collect money that is owed to them by a bankrupt person or company. See chapter eleven; insolvency laws.

NONDESCRIPT

the term that describes a thing that is not able to be classified and is not describable.

INVIOLABLE

the term that means not to be violated or able of being invaded.

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