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EXPECTATION DAMAGES

the money that is available to the plaintiff as the defendant has breached his contract.

DAMAGES IRREPARABLE

These are damages that will not compensate for the loss because the loss cannot be measured in monetary terms.

OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES

the term given to the money a person spends to defray the expenses of carrying out his usual duties of his job.

HARMONIZE EVIDENCE

The instruction given to a jury that urges it to weight all of the evidence to determine its validity.

TRIAL FAIR AND IMPARTIAL

a trial with an impartial judge and jury where all of the evidence is heard before a verdict is reached.

UNCONSCIOUS MINORS

a medical term in law that lets a physician treat an unconscious child without consent of there is no on available to give consent.

IMPUTED KNOWLEDGE

the term used when a person should have all of the facts because he knows of them.

COMMUNITY OF INTEREST

the interest that applies to all of the parties that embarking upon or engaged in a common enterprise.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

These are the methods of the law that apply to the apprehension, trial and punishment of the accused.

VENEREAL DISEASE

the name that is given to an infection that is transmitted by sexual contact.

FIDUCIARY CAPACITY

This applies to a person serving to handle money and property to benefit another party, such as the attorney, broker, guardian etc.  TLD Example: The executor of the estate served in a

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