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POLITICAL OFFICE

the name given to the government office that is obtained by an election.

MOOT QUESTION

the term that is given to a hypothetical question and a question that is not answered by referring to facts.

INDETERMINATE SENTENCE

This term applies to a jail sentence without a set period but it falls between the minimum and maximum time for the crime.

LINEAL DESCENT

the term applied to direct line such as grandfather, son, grandson and is important when a person dies without leaving a will.

INVESTMENT

a term where a capital is committed to make an income from it.

EXCUSABLE NEGLECT

the term given to negligence that the defendant could not control the circumstances of.

STATUTE GENERAL

a law that applies to everybody that differs from one that applies to one person of a few people.

IMBECILE

the term used for a person with mental retardation and the IQ of 25 to 50.

OPENING CASE

the name that is given to the opening statement for a new case or when new evidence comes to hand.

TRUST LEGACY

This term describes the legacy to a trustee that is to held for certain beneficiaries.

ILLEGAL ALIEN

This term is given to a foreigner living in the US with no right to stay who has taken no steps to become a citizen.

PARAMOUR

term used to describe a lover but has no legal relationship with the person.

LATENT AMBIGUITY

a term given to a legal document, a will or a deed that seems to be clear but contains certain ambiguities.

LIFE POLICY

an insurance policy that will pay a sum of money when the insured person dies.

SMITH ACT

the name of a federal statute that makes in unlawful to attempt to overthrow the government by force.

MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT

The name given to a federal law that requires all labels to be plain, visible and understood easily by the consumers.

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