TURNING STATE
See State’s evidence.
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See State’s evidence.
a term given to the negligence that is attributed to an employee as a result of a negligent act or omission by the employee.
the name given to a divorce that is granted by the courts own discretion.
a hearing brought before the patent office.
the term used to take title or to gain and to hold possession of property legally.
a term applied to admitting a will to probate with none of the formalities being completed.
See stealing.
the act or the performance on which a bond is conditioned or the conditions of the bond.
See value, fair.
This term applies to the separating into individual trials in a case where the defendant wants to turn state’s evidence or wants to be separated from the other defendants.
the term given to the act of leaving a person with no good reason to and without their consent to leave.
the term given to the considerations that are based on moral grounds and not legal grounds.
See malpractice, medical.
This term applies to apparent authority and not actual authority.
where the testimony of the witness says that he has carried out certain experiments to prove or disprove an action taking place.
a Latin phrase for the allegation by a plaintiff that the defendant has assumed an obligation and has not paid.
Where each juror is asked if they agreed with the verdict that is presented to a court.
See false arrest.
This phrase means to practice law without having a license to do so.
actions and behaviour that violate the standards of a person’s profession.