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VOID PROCESS

a legally defective action of a court and is by its nature ineffective and the process that is null and void due to a defect.

QUI TAM ACTION

a Latin term for the legal action to collect a penalty through supplied information.

OPENING CASE

the name that is given to the opening statement for a new case or when new evidence comes to hand.

FOSTER PARENT

the term given to an adult who will rear another person’s child.

NONJUDICIAL DAY

the term given to a day that the court is not in session such as a Sunday or a legal holiday.

OSHA

the abbreviation for the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

INTERCEPTION

phrase that means a wiretap or the intercepting of messages.

WITNESS INVOLUNTARY

this is a witness who didn’t want to come to court to testify but got a summons to do so.

CHARACTER WITNESS

a witness who testifies to the general character and reputation of the person on trial.

GO-BETWEEN

This term is given to the agent who is the intermediary between parties.

EMBRYO HUMAN

the term given to a human embryo from conception to 8 weeks of gestation.

PALIMONY

a term similar to alimony and support that is paid to a partner in a dissolved unmarried relationship. Applies to partners of opposite or the same sex.

REAL CONTRACT

The term given to an agreement that concerns real estate such as a contract for land. See, e.g., How Does A Land Contract Work?

NEE

a word used to indicate her name before she was married. It is French word for previously known as.

PARTITION DEED

the term that is used to describe a deed or document that will effectively divide up a real estate property.

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

the term that is applied to bodily harm that a person will inflict on another person.

EXPRESS ASSUMPSIT

This the agreement and the obligation to act that is stated in explicit terms.

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