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SUGGESTION OF ERROR

a request for another hearing that is based on an assumption that an error was made at the earlier hearing.

NO CONSIDERATION

there term given to the defendant’s response to the court that says the contract sued on is not valid.

FALSE STATEMENT

a statement that is a deceitful and untrue statement that is made for ulterior motives.

SUBMISSION BOND

the name that is given to a bond that the parties in dispute submit to an impartial arbitrator.

TRIAL COURT

the court that will determine the facts and the laws in a certain case.

BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK

This term applies to a child who is born to parents who are not married to each other. See bastard; illegitimate child.

SPITE FENCE

the name that is given to a fence that is built on a neighbour’s property to annoy him.

MARRIAGE LICENSE

The document that is executed by the public authority that gives a couple the permission to marry.

PROSECUTOR PUBLIC

the name of the district or state’s attorney who conducts criminal proceedings against accused people.

PARANOIA

the name that is given to the form of mental illness that is characterised by hallucinations, delusions and feeling of being persecuted.

EXTENUATION

These are the fact or the fact ts that tend to lessen the severity of the penalty for a crime.

ON THE MERITS

term used by a court where a decision of the court has been based on presented facts and not technical legal practice.

TRUTH-IN-LENDING ACT

federal law that requires people who apply for credit be given information that is accurate and easily understood.

CLOSED SHOP CONTRACT

a contract where an employer hires union labour and all employees agree to be members while working there.

TRANSITORY CRIME

This term applies to a crime that is committed in one location and tried in another.

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION

federal government agency that supports the prices of agricultural products through, purchases, loans and subsidies and helps to sell the products in foreign and domestic markets.

TAX COURT

the name of a federal court of law that deals with tax disputes.

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