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A law that prohibits a person employed in an executive government position from engaging in campaigns to elect candidates for public office.
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A law that prohibits a person employed in an executive government position from engaging in campaigns to elect candidates for public office.
a term that describes the breach of a contract and the failing to carry out the terms of the agreement.
the term given to a law suit that alters a husband’s or wife’s status such as b y an annulment or a divorce.
the term that is given to a jury that is unabke to come to a decision.
a trial with an impartial judge and jury where all of the evidence is heard before a verdict is reached.
a debt that has to be paid first before all other creditor’s debts.
a method of causing pregnancy where semen from an anonymous donor in injected into a woman’s uterus.
the term given to a suit brought against the plaintiff by the defendant who is being sued.
the term for a full and a complete confession.
a special tax deduction that is given to the owners of mineral deposits.
this is the term applied to a nuisance that cannot be removed and damage that will continue indefinitely.
a term where a law of a state gives its courts jurisdiction over people and property outside the state.
the name of a federal statute that makes in unlawful to attempt to overthrow the government by force.
a term for the statute that forbids monopoly, price fixing and the restraint of trade.
These are crimes that are committed and are punishable under common law and not crimes that have been created by statutes.
a rule that orders a party to show why he has not carried out certain acts or why they should not be carried out.
This term applies to the proprty that is held between a husband and wife and belongs to both of them.
the term applied to the fair and reasonable reduction in the damages awarded to a claimant.
a program for first offenders are not subjected to the regular judicial process.
the term given to a fixed investment trust that can only buy securities listed when the trust was organised.