COPPING A PLEA
This terms means to plead guilty to a lesser offense than that charged and it is accepted by the court.
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This terms means to plead guilty to a lesser offense than that charged and it is accepted by the court.
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.
a person appearing as a claimant with no right to do so.
This term applies to pleading guilty to a lesser plea than the one charged.
The legal evidence that supports the facts of a case where the party given the favorable verdict had to show burden of proof.
an other term used to describe the physical labour that is different from a professional or non-labour position.
a phrase used to describe an issue that is undecided and can be answered by applying the law to the facts.
the term given to the fundamental rights accorded to all people.
the term that describes a thing that is not able to be classified and is not describable.
the term for a lower court that will hear and try minor misdemeanors and offenses and has a limited jurisdiction.
This means to prevent, stop or bar something from happening.
an organisation that does not issue stock and there is nothing in its charter that provides for profits or dividends.
the money that is issued by a federal government that is used as the legal tender of the country.
used to prevent a pregnancy and is practiced in several ways such as abstinence, condoms, diaphragms, jellies and oral contraceptive tablets.
the term that is used to describe any property that is inherited from a person’s father.
the term that is applied to the property that belongs to a partnership and not the individual members.
the term applied to the authority and power that is restricted to certain duties and functions.
a term used for the ordinances that restrict the types of buildings that can be erected in certain areas.
This term applies to money that is spent to improve the company’s property such as a building for the company’s use.
the proof of one witness or one document that is not enough to decide a case.
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