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the name that is given to a consideration that is given before a contract is made.
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the name that is given to a consideration that is given before a contract is made.
a Latin phrase that means between or among themselves.
This phrase describes and act that is planned and has been considered before being carried out.
This occurs during a trial when a defendant voluntarily gives up his right to keep some information private.
This term is used to describe the bad conduct of a criminal while he is serving a sentence. It is the opposite of good behaviour.
a French term for the examination of a potential juror to see if they are fit to serve.
This term applies to something that can be contested or is argumentative.
a term that describes the things that happen when property or land is transferred.
the term that is applied to the peaceable entry onto land without using force of any kind.
the term used to describe deceit in transactions, perjury during a trial, forgery, bribing witnesses.
an expression for when the proof is great and overwhelming that a person has committed a crime.
a person who is obligated to pay the debt for a person who has failed to pay it.
the type of negligence that is deliberate with the intentional disregard for other people’s welfare.
this is the term given to the documents that are the basis of a motion during a procedure in court.
the term given to the evidence that is obtained from a written document.
a term that is used to describe the evidence that is adequate enough to justify the bringing of a law suit.
the term that is given to bonds that are able to be converted or turned into stock.
These are crimes that have been created by existing statutes and not common law.
the term that is used when a person leaves the site of an accident without first checking to see if people are ok.
a term that is used for double and triple of damages to be awarded. See punitive damages.