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NE EXEAT

a Latin phrase for a court order that forbids a person involved in a legal matter to leave the country or state where the court has jurisdiction.

PARAMOUNT TITLE

the name of the title that is the claim to the ownership of property that is better than any other sort of claim to the title.

TREATISE

the term that is given to a major and a comprehensive book that is a on a particular subject.

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.

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.

FINAL HEARING

the hearing that will settle the case through a final decision.

TITLE JURISDICTION

the term applied when the title to a mortgaged property is kept by the mortgagee until the owner has paid off the mortgage in full.

EXCLUSIONARY RULE

a doctrine that will prevent the illegally gathered evidence being presented to the court.

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.

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