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INTEREST SUIT

the term given to a law suit that is between 2 people that are interested in the same estate.

VOLUNTARY PAYMENT

1. To willingly pay a debt. 2. Paying an illegal demand such as a bribe when it is asked for.

CERTIFICATE OF ASSIZE

a writ or a formal document where a second trial on the same issue was held before the same jury due to mistake of the court.

TACIT ACCEPTANCE

an act by the heir to an estate that shows that he intends to accept his inheritance.

MUTUALITY OF ESTOPPEL

the term applied to an agreement where the parties are not bound unless both parties are bound.

NATURAL DAUGHTER

term used to describe a female child from natural and not adopted parents.

PURE ACCIDENT

an accident that has been caused by an event that was unavoidable.

ESTOPPEL BY OATH

the bar that will deny something that is sworn to under oath in a previous suit in future suit.

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.

TRIAL FAIR AND IMPARTIAL

a trial with an impartial judge and jury where all of the evidence is heard before a verdict is reached.

NO CODE

a term that a family or a person can give to a physician not to keep a person alive by artificial means or to resuscitate if death is near.

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