PERSUASION BURDEN
See burden of proof.
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a term that is used for a person’s promise to appear in court.
Latin for in the year of our Lord and is the number of years after death.
the evidence that results from seeing an event or being part of an event.
a term used where something is placed before a court.
See compounding a crime.
These are the rules that control and supervise the orderly procedures of a legislative or deliberative organisation that were compiled by General Robert in 1876.
A sentence that is served when another sentence is finished. See, consecutive sentences. See also, How Long Is a Life Sentence?
This applies to a person serving to handle money and property to benefit another party, such as the attorney, broker, guardian etc. TLD Example: The executor of the estate served in a
a term that is used to describe negligence that was on purpose or that which a reasonable person wouldn’t do.
a Latin phrase for no one is above the law.
the term that is given to the laws that govern the property of a husband and wife together.
This term applies when a person has consented to his medical records being released to someone else.
a medical term where a person is placed in a hospital to monitor his mental and physical actions to determine if he is competent.
the term given to the buy and sell orders that make a wash sale.
a court action that deals with the matters of estates and wills.
the name given to a crime that is committed under circumstances that involves the compelling emotion of the perpetrator.
the term that is applied to an obligation that has no conditions attached to it.
the term given to the emblem or the symbol used by the corporation and is shown on its stock or bond certificates.
See false arrest.
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