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INDIRECT EVIDENCE

This term applies to circumstantial evidence and facts that don’t really prove something but also don’t support the incontrovertible evidence.

WHOLLY

a term used for completely, entirely, exclusively and the opposite of partially.

EXECUTOR-TRUSTEE

This term is applied to the executor of an estate whose duties goes beyond those of an executor and he becomes a trustee.

WANT OF JURISDICTION

1. lack of the authority to hear a case. 2. A judge who oversteps his authority in a case.

MOVING PAPERS

this is the term given to the documents that are the basis of a motion during a procedure in court.

DUE REGARD

This means to give a fair consideration to and give sufficient attention to all of the facts.

IMMATERIAL FACTS

These are facts that are not relevant or essential to the issues that are under consideration.

COMPENSABLE DEATH

The term that is given to a death that has occurred as being from an accident or an illness that arises from employment.

PROOF OF DEATH

a term for evidence of death such as a death certificate that has been filed properly.

SECONDHAND EVIDENCE

This term is used for hearsay evidence that a person has learned from another person and has not seen or heard themselves.

DAMAGES IRREPARABLE

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

ANTITRUST ACTS

An example of this is the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Act where federal laws aim at preventing corporations, individuals, combinations of corporations or trusts from gaining and maintaining a monopoly

NOTICE OF PENDENCY

used in real estate that indicates that a piece of property has a lien against it and a person needs to take care before taking title to it.

JUMPING BAIL

The term that issued when a person disappears before the trial and is in violation of posted bail.

PARTIAL PARDON

a term that is applied when a person is forgiven for only part of a transgression and still needs to pay the penalty for the remaining offense.

ANNO DOMINI (AD)

Latin for in the year of our Lord and is the number of years after death.

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