n. a traditional "right and wrong" test of legal insanity i

n. slang for modus operandi, the way or pattern in which a

n. 1) a generic term for any judge of a court, or anyone of

n. Latin for "Great Charter," it was a document delineating

n. in contract law, making a written offer or acceptance of

v. to inflict a serious bodily injury, including mutilation

n. 1) the age when a person can exercise all normal legal r

v. 1) to create something. 2) to sign a check, promissory n

v. to pay or award damages sufficient to put the party who

n. 1) the person who signs a check or promissory note, whic

n. intentionally doing something either legally or morally

n. a conscious, intentional wrongdoing either of a civil wr

n. 1) the conscious intent to cause death or great bodily h

n. filing a lawsuit with the intention of creating problems

n. An act or continuing conduct of a professional which doe

(mal-uhm in say) adv. Latin referring to an act that is "wr

(mal-uhm prohibit-uhm) adj. Latin meaning "wrong due to bei

(man-dame-us) n. Latin for "we order," a writ (more modernl

n. 1) any mandatory order or requirement under statute, reg

adj., adv. absolutely demanded or required.

n. the required inclusion of a party in a lawsuit whom the

1) adj., adv. completely obvious or evident. 2) n. a writte

n. a federal statute making it a crime to transport a woman

n. the unlawful killing of another person without premedita

n. an estate tax deduction allowed a surviving spouse of ha

n. an old-fashioned expression for the rights of a husband

n. Also called "admiralty law" or "the law of admiralty," t

n. an "X" made by a person who is illiterate or too weak to

adj. documents or objects presented during a trial before t

n. the price which a seller of property would receive in an

n. the title to real property which has no encumbrances (mo

n. the joining of a male and female in matrimony by a perso

1) n. a federal court official who may serve papers and act

n. a system of complete control by a country's military ove

n. a business in which the investors give management author

n. 1) employer, in the area of law known as "master and ser

n. the body of law, including statutes and legal decisions

adj. relevant and significant. In a lawsuit, "material evid

n. a convincing statement made to induce someone to enter i

n. a person who apparently has information about the subjec

n. anything, including testimony, evidence, rulings and som

n. 1) the date when the payment of the principal amount owe

n. a collection of legal truisms which are used as "rules o

v. a choice to act or not, or a promise of a possibility, a

1) n. the criminal act of disabling, disfiguring or cutting

n. a federal rule of evidence in criminal trials that prohi

n. the right of a craftsman, laborer, supplier, architect o

n. the attempt to settle a legal dispute through active par

n. a person who conducts mediation. A mediator is usually a

n. a requirement of courts that before certain types of mot

n. when two parties to an agreement (contract) both have th

n. 1) a brief writing, note, summary or outline. 2) A "memo

(menz ray-ah) n. Latin for a "guilty mind," or criminal int

n. mental suffering which includes fright, feelings of dist

n.

n. a term, rapidly going out of fashion and out of the stat

n. emotional pain synonymous with "mental anguish."

n. that broad area of the law (also called commercial law),

adj. a product of a high enough quality to make it fit for

n. 1) in corporate law, the joining together of two corpora

: (mean, with a silent s) adj. from Norman French for inter

n. profits which have accrued while there was a dispute ove

(meets and bounds) n. a surveyor's description of a parcel

n. regulations governing the conduct of men and women in th

n. a description by boundaries of real property in which me

n. an act, particularly of a governmental employee, which i

n. someone under legal age, which is generally 18, except f

n. 1) in voting, a side with less than half the votes. 2) a

n. 1) the written record of meetings, particularly of board

n. the requirement, also called the Miranda rule, set by th

n. the wills of a husband and wife which are identical exce

n. a death due to unintentional accident without any violat

n. the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of

n. a lesser crime punishable by a fine and/or county jail t

n. management of a business, public office or other respons

n. the inclusion of parties (plaintiffs or defendants) or c

n. the wrong name.

n. the crime of concealing another's felony (serious crime)

n. the crime of misstating facts to obtain money, goods or

n. 1) an error in comprehending facts, meaning of words or

n. the termination of a trial before its normal conclusion

n. in criminal law, conditions or happenings which do not e

n. the requirement that someone injured by another's neglig

n. a change in an existing court order or judgment made nec

(mode-us ah-purr-and-ee or ah-purr-and-eye) n. from Latin,

: (moy-et-tee) n. half. Generally a reference to interest i

n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of

n. a business or inter-related group of businesses which co

adj. referring to a tenancy in which the tenant pays monthl

n. 1) an established landmark which a surveyor uses as part

adj. 1) unsettled, open to argument or debatable, specifica

n. law school exercise in which students argue both sides o

n. 1) a legal question which no court has decided, so it is

n. in a criminal trial, the reasonable belief (but falling

n. gross violation of standards of moral conduct, vileness.

n. 1) any suspension of activity, particularly voluntary su

n. a document in which the owner pledges his/her/its title

n. the person or business making a loan that is secured by

n. the person who has borrowed money and pledged his/her re

n. a formal request made to a judge for an order or judgmen

n. a request made by the loser for the case to be tried aga

n. a written request for a judgment in the moving party's f

(non-suit) n. application by a defendant in a lawsuit or cr

(lim-in-nay) n. Latin for "threshold," a motion made at the

n. a request for a judge's order to eliminate all or a port

n. a motion (usually on behalf of a criminal defendant) to

n. in criminal investigation the probable reason a person c

n. old-fashioned slang for one's lawyer.

n. the party in a lawsuit or other legal proceeding who mak

v. to make a motion in court applying for a court order or

adj., adv. reference to a lawsuit in which either party or

n. several actual or potential lawsuits which should be joi

adj. referring to an incorporated or chartered city or town

n. a lower court which usually tries criminal misdemeanors

n. documentary evidence of title to real property. A munime

n. the killing of a human being by a sane person, with inte

adj., adv. referring to anything in which both parties have

n. wills made by two people (usually spouses, but could be