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SUNSHINE LAWS

a term for various state statutes that allow the media and the general public to be present during the deliberations of legislative bodies.

WITNESS HOSTILE

a witness who is antagonistic to the party who summoned him to be a witness.

EXCLUSIONARY CLAUSE

a provision in a contract that will restrict the actions a party can take when the other person fails to fulfil the contract.

TRAVERSE SPECIAL

the qualified and denial of charges that is accompanied with additional facts that tend to prove the charges wrong.

PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT

the term that is applied to the misconduct of a prosecutor who needs to use legitimate ways to obtain a conviction.

PUBLIC NECESSITY

a term used to justify an act where a defendant can show a thing was committed due to a public necessity.

INSECURITY CLAUSE

the name given to a clause in a contract that allows the creditor to force the debtor to make the full payment.

EXCLUSIVE REMEDY

the term given to a remedy when the law creates a new liability or a new right.

BUSINESS AGENT

the person who is the representative of a labour union who hears the worker’s grievances.

REMEDY OVER

This the person who is responsible for damage or an act but who can blame someone else for it.

OFFENDER

the name that is used for a person who is guilty of an offense according to law.

COST OF LIVING CLAUSE

a clause that provides for the adjustment of prices for goods and services that according to cost of living changes.

MEASURE OF VALUE

term that is used for the relative value of a thing in comparison to other things.

LINEUP

term used in a policing where a group of similar looking people are lined up and a witness is asked to select the suspect.

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