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OPENING STATEMENT

a term that is given to the initial statement of the attorney to the judge or the judge to a jury.

PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES

These are the consequences or results that are likely to take place following an act or an event.

WAIVER OF TORT

the action of a plaintiff to give up the right to sue a person based on a wrong committed but to obtain redress and satisfaction for his claim.

MATCHED ORDERS

the term given to the buy and sell orders that make a wash sale.

CO-DEFENDANT

This term applies to a person who has joined with other people in defending a legal action.

ANNO DOMINI (AD)

Latin for in the year of our Lord and is the number of years after death.

MARRIED WOMEN

the term that is given to the laws that govern the property of a husband and wife together.

PARTY AND PARTY

a term that is sued to refer to both the plaintiff and the defendant, who are the 2 litigants in a law suit.

PERMISSIVE POSSESSION

a term that applies when the occupation of a property by a person has the owner’s permission.

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