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DAMAGES IRREPARABLE

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

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.

TRIAL AMENDMENT

the answer that a defendant files during a trial for an additional plea that has come out of the case.

CORNERING THE MARKET

This term is applied when the majority of a particular commodity is bought on the market and is then sold for a higher price.

CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

A term in medical jurisprudence where an accuser’s mental capacity to understand the charges against him and may have no knowledge of the crime.

MORAL CONSIDERATIONS

the term given to the considerations that are based on moral grounds and not legal grounds.

MARRIED WOMEN

the term that is given to the laws that govern the property of a husband and wife together.

LIFE OR LIMB

an expression that means a person will not ne placed in jeopardy that is a danger to life or limb.

CONJOINT WILL

a will made by more that one person where the money or property to be granted is owned by all people making the will.

EXPECTATION DAMAGES

the money that is available to the plaintiff as the defendant has breached his contract.

PERCENTAGE COMMISSION

the term that is used for the money that is received by a broker that is based on a percentage of a price fro selling.

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