adj. a reference back to a thing that was previously mentio

n. transfer of something (and title to it) in return for mo

1) v. to save goods. 2) n. payment to a person or group whi

n. 1) a financial penalty imposed by a judge on a party or

n. receiving payment or performance of what is due.

n. a document signed by a judgment creditor (the party owed

n. a document signed by a lender acknowledging that a mortg

v. 1) also called hold harmless, to indemnify (protect) ano

n. a banking and lending institution, chartered either by a

n. Latin for "having knowledge." In criminal law, it refers

n. Latin for "spark." Scintilla is commonly used in referen

n. actions of an employee which further the business of the

n. a person who writes a document for another, usually for

n. a device which creates an impression upon paper or melte

n. the decision of a jury when there is a delay in announci

n. trial records and decisions which a judge orders kept se

v. 1) to examine another's premises (including a vehicle) t

n. examination of a person's premises (residence, business

n. a written order by a judge which permits a law enforceme

n. a non-premeditated killing, resulting from an assault in

n. an organized refusal to purchase the products of, do bus

n. a kickback of money by a business to a "preferred" custo

n. any loan or credit in which property is pledged as secur

n. generic term for shares of stock, bonds and debentures i

n. a payment required by a landlord from a tenant to cover

n. generic term for the property rights of a lender or cred

n. the federal crime of advocacy of insurrection against th

n. the use of charm, salesmanship, promises, gifts and flat

(sees-in) n. an old feudal term for having both possession

(seised) n. 1) having ownership, commonly used in wills as

n. the taking by law enforcement officers of potential evid

n. in the stock market, using secret "inside" information g

n. the use of reasonable force to protect oneself or member

adj. immediately effective without further action, legislat

n. 1) obtaining relief or enforcing one's rights without re

n. making statements or producing evidence which tends to p

adj. referring to a question asked of a party to a lawsuit

v. to transfer possession and ownership of goods or other p

n. one who sells goods or other property to a buyer (purcha

n. the first security interest (lien or claim) placed upon

1) n. the punishment given to a person convicted of a crime

n. in community property states (California, Texas, Arizona

n. married persons living apart, either informally by one l

n. an agreement between two married people who have agreed

v. to keep separate or apart. In so-called "high-profile" c

n. the act of a judge issuing an order that a jury or witne

(sear-ee-ah-tim) prep. Latin for "one after another" as in

n. an employee of an employer, technically one who works fo

n. 1) paid work by another person, either by contract or as

n. delivery of legal documents required by statute to be "s

n. mailing legal pleadings to opposing attorneys or parties

n. serving a summons or other legal document in a lawsuit o

n. the delivery of copies of legal documents such as summon

n. work performed for pay.

n. real property which has an easement or other use imposed

n. 1) a meeting (or "sitting") of a court for a particular

v. to schedule, as to "set a case for trial."

v. to annul or negate a court order or judgment by another

(offset) n. a claim by a defendant in a lawsuit that the pl

n. the action of a court, clerk or commissioner in scheduli

v. to resolve a lawsuit without a final court judgment by n

n. the resolution of a lawsuit (or of a legal dispute prior

n. the person who creates a trust by a written trust declar

n. an agreement which is made up of several separate contra

n. referring to responsibility of one party for the entire

n. 1) a separating by court order, such as separate trials

n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involvi

n. unwanted sexual approaches (including touching, feeling,

v. 1) an imperative command as in "you shall not kill." 2)

n. 1) a portion of a benefit from a trust, estate, claim or

adj. referring to the equal division of a benefit from an e

n. the owner of one or more shares of stock in a corporatio

n. an employment agreement among the shareholders of a smal

n. a lawsuit by a corporation's shareholders, theoretically

n. a meeting, usually annual, of all shareholders of a corp

n. actions by a lawyer using misleading statements to oppos

n. a method of locating reports of appeals decisions based

n. the top law enforcement officer for a county, usually el

n. an auction sale of property held by the sheriff pursuant

n. statutes enacted in some states which declare that commu

n. the result of the plaintiff in a lawsuit meeting its bur

n. a lawsuit which is estimated by the parties (usually the

n. an order of the court in response to the motion of a par

n. an order of the court, also called an order to show caus

n. 1) physically, an area in front of or next to the judge'

v. 1) to write one's signature on a document, including an

n. a non-legal term for an investor who puts money into a b

adj. with the same problems and circumstances, referring to

n. a trust which requires that all income be distributed ea

n. a statute in effect in most states which provides that i

(see-nay kwah nahn) prep. Latin for "without which it could

n. Latin for "location," be it where the crime or accident

n. oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more pers

n. a division of most municipal, city or other lowest local

n. anal copulation by a man inserting his penis in the anus

n. a business owned by one person, as distinguished from a

n. the crime of encouraging or inducing another to commit a

n. an English attorney who may perform all legal services e

n. the chief trial attorney in the federal Department of Ju

n. the placement of a prisoner in a federal or state prison

n. 1) having sufficient funds or other assets to pay debts.

n. having an understanding of one's actions and reasonable

adj. referring to the underlying legal basis for a lawsuit

n. an attempt to introduce evidence during a hearing on a d

adj. referring to a particular purpose, person or happening

n. a person appointed by the court in a probate proceeding

n. the representation by an attorney of a person in court f

n. in criminal cases, particularly homicides, actions of th

n. damages claimed and/or awarded in a lawsuit which were o

n. a person appointed by the court to carry out an order of

n. an attorney from outside of the government selected by t

n. the jury's decisions or findings of fact with the applic

n. the gift in a will of a certain article to a certain per

n. the gift in a will of a certain piece of real estate to

n. a decision on a fact made by a jury in its verdict and w

n. a gift in a will of a certain article or property to a c

n. the right of a party to a contract to demand that the de

n. possible financial loss or expenses claimed by a plainti

n. in criminal prosecutions, the right of a defendant to de

n. a provision in a trust or will that states that if a pro

n. a sudden statement caused by the speaker having seen a s

n. a provision in a general plan which benefits a single pa

n. payment for support of an ex-spouse (or a spouse while a

n. a future right to title to real property created by a de

n. a person having in his/her possession (holding) money or

n. the watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence that a

n. the right to file a lawsuit or file a petition under the

n. any judicial or quasi-judicial action, trial or hearing

: (stah-ree duh-sigh-sis) n. Latin for "to stand by a decis

n. 1) the federal or state government and any of its depart

n. in federal Civil Rights Acts, dating back to 1875, any a

n. the state in which a person has his/her permanent reside

n. a pre-trial meeting of attorneys before a judge required

n. a federal or state written law enacted by the Congress o

n. law in every state which requires that certain documents

n. a law which sets the maximum period which one can wait b

n. a written offer of a specific sum of money made by a def

n. sexual intercourse with a female below the legal age of

n. a court-ordered short-term delay in judicial proceedings

n. a court order that a person may not come near and/or con

n. a court-ordered delay in inflicting the death penalty.

n. an agreement, usually on a procedural matter, between th

1) n. inventory (goods) of a business meant for sale (as di

n. printed document which states the name, incorporation st

n. the inventory of merchandise held for sale.

n. the right to purchase stock in the future at a price set

n. shareholder in a corporation.

n.

n. a law enforcement officer's search for a weapon confined

n. 1) a person to whom title to property or a business inte

n. a roadway in an urban area, owned and maintained by the

(narrow construction) n. interpreting the Constitution base

n. automatic responsibility (without having to prove neglig

1) v. to remove a statement from the record of the court pr

n. anything built by man/woman, from a shed to a highrise o

: (sooh-uh spahn-tay) adj. Latin for "of one's own will," m

n. the choice by a small corporation to be treated under "s

n. a person or business which has a contract (as an "indepe

adj. referring to the acquisition of title to real property

n. the lease to another of all or a portion of premises by

n. the conclusion of all evidence and argument in a hearing

n. allowing a debt or claim which has priority to take seco

n. a written contract in which a lender who has secured a l

n. the crime of encouraging, inducing or assisting another

(subpoena): (suh-pea-nah) n. an order of the court for a wi

: (suh-pea-nah dooh-chess-take-uhm or dooh-kess-take-uhm):

n. the original spelling of subpena, still commonly used.

n. assuming the legal rights of a person for whom expenses

n. the person or entity that assumes the legal right to att

n. a person or entity that transfers his/her/its legal righ

v. 1) to sign at the end of a document. The courts have bee

n. in the law of contracts, fulfillment of the obligations

n. law which establishes principles and creates and defines

v. to take over a case from another lawyer, which must be c

n. accomplishing service (delivery) of legal documents requ

n. putting one person in place of another, in particular re

n. a document in which the party to a lawsuit states that h

n. the statutory rules of inheritance of a dead person's es

n. in criminal law, the imposition of the penalty for each

n. the pain, hurt, inconvenience, embarrassment and/or inab

(sooh-ee jen-ur-iss) n. Latin for "one of a kind," unique.<

n. the intentional killing of oneself. Ironically, in most

n. generic term for any filing of a complaint (or petition)

n. a specific amount stated in a contract or negotiable ins

n. a court order ruling that certain factual issues are alr

n. a court order ruling that no factual issues remain to be

n. the final argument of an attorney at the close of a tria

n. a document issued by the court at the time a lawsuit is

n. the name used in 16 states for the basic county trial co

(sooh-purr-said-ee-uhs) Latin for "you shall desist," an or

n. the same as an "intervening cause" or "supervening cause

adj. referring to anything that is added to complete someth

n. 1) a judge's determination not to allow evidence to be a

(sooh-prah) Latin for "above," in legal briefs and decision

n. Article VI, section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which re

n. 1) the highest court in the United States, which has the

n. an additional charge of money made because it was omitte

n. a guarantor of payment or performance if another fails t

n. a term used in analyzing legal documents and pleadings t

n. in written or oral legal argument, the response to the o

v. 1) to turn over possession of real property, either volu

n. 1) a person acting on behalf of another or a substitute,

n. a court in a few states (including New York) with jurisd

n. a person who outlives another, as in "to my sons, Arnold

n. the right to receive full title or ownership due to havi

n. in criminal law, a penalty applied by a judge to a defen

v. in trial practice, for a judge to agree that an attorney

v. 1) to declare under oath that one will tell the truth (s

v. to cheat through trick, device, false statements or othe

n. a joint venture among individuals and/or corporations to