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PROSPECTIVE EARNINGS

the term that is applied to the anticipated earnings of a person or there future earnings.

SIMULATED FACT

an untruth that is made to look like a truth in order to deceive, a false and invented fact.

FALSE ENTRY

This term is given to an untrue statement in books of accounts that is made to deceive.

VIOLENT DEATH

the name used to describe a death that is not natural or a death this caused by an accident or the actions of another person.

FIXING A JURY

an unlawful attempt in trying to influence a juror or jurors.

OFFENSE SECOND

this is the term given to an act carried by a person that is unlawful and he has committed an unlawful act before.

OFFENSE QUASI

a term that is applied to an unlawful act that is attributed to a person who didn’t commit a crime but influenced another person to commit it.

MINOR FACT

the term given to an unimportant finding, fact or the circumstances of a case.

ACCIDENTAL CAUSE

A cause that is unforeseen and is unable to avoid even after exercising all extreme care and diligence.

EXTRINSIC AMBIGUITY

This term applies to the uncertainty in a contract that comes from outside the contract.

KANGAROO COURT

the name that is given to an unauthorised court that is set up without legal power and authority that takes the law into its own hands.

JOINT TENANCY

This term applies where land or property is owned by 2 or more people.

ABUTTING OWNER

Is the owner of property that borders along property that belongs to someone else.

SLUMLORD

the name of a person who owns a dilapidate building where poor people are forced to live.

BOARD OF REVIEW

an organisation that has the power to review assessments made on property.

SOCIAL CLUB

an organisation with the main function of social contact between members and is not related to making money. These clubs are exempt from federal income taxes.

LABOR UNION

the name of an organisation of working people that is formed to protect their rights and working conditions.

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