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PRIVATE RULING

a rule that will affect a person and not the general public. See private law.

PLURALITY OF TRUST

A situation where a person makes more than one trust in a single document but the same person is trustee to them all.

EXCESS OF PRIVILEGE

a statement that goes beyond any limits of privilege and it is violent, intemperate or irrelevant.

BLUE SKY LAW

a statute that prevents selling the stock of a fraudulent company.

ALIAS SUBPOENA

the second subpoena that is issued after the original subpoena failed to accomplish the purpose of it.

OPEN-END AGREEMENT

a term that is used for a settlement that is made in a worker’s compensation case where payments will continue for as long as the person is no able to work.

REMAINDER CROSS

a stipulation when parts of an estate are given to 2 or more people and when one dies the pat goes to the other people.

BOARD OF EXAMINERS

a state board that has the authority to approve or disapprove an application for a license to practice a profession.

ENROLLED BILL RULE

the rule stating that once a bill is enrolled it can’t be questioned by the courts.

DISMISSAL OF APPEAL

the court of appeals refusal to hear and try a case already decided in a lower court.

EXCLUSIVE RIGHT

the right or privilege that can only be used by the person who it is granted to.

TIME IS THE ESSENCE OF CONTRACTS

a term where one party to a contract needs to carry out his obligation in a set period of time so the other party can carry out their obligations of the contract.

COMMON USE

This phrase refers to the articles that are used by the general public and are sold widely in many markets.

PALM OFF

a slang term that means to sell or get rid off something under false pretences.

LEGACY LAPSED

This ism the term that is given to the situation where a legatee dies before the person who made the will.

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