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Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: A absolute divorce absolute estate accessory contract act actual damages actual fraud adjective law administrative law administrative law judge affidavit affirmative injunction agency by estoppel aggravated assault aleatory contract alias writ alimony trust alternative writ ancillary jurisdiction anticipatory search warrant appeal appeal bond appellate jurisdiction arbitration arrest of judgment arrest warrant assault assault with intent assessment lien attachment lien attorney-in-fact Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: B bail bond bankruptcy court bankruptcy estate bare license bargain and sale deed battery bench trial bench warrant benefit of inventory best evidence best evidence rule bid bond bilateral contract bill in the nature of a bill of review bill of indictment bill of particulars bill of rights blue law blue-sky law bond book-entry bond breach of duty breach of the peace breach of trust breach of warranty burden of proof business judgment business judgment rule business trust bypass trust Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: C carrier’s lien case law choate lien civil assault civil law collateral estoppel collateral negligence common law common-law common-law copyright common-law lien common-law marriage commutative contract comparative negligence condition implied in law constructive fraud contract contract bond contract carrier contract clause contract of adhesion contract under seal contributory negligence county court at law criminal assault criminal law criminal lawyer criminal negligence cross-appeal cross-motion Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: D dead man’s statute death warrant declaration of trust declaratory judgment deed of trust default judgment demonstrative evidence demurrer to the evidence deposition depraved-heart murder derivative evidence destination contract determinable easement direct appeal direct damages direct estoppel direct evidence discovery discovery rule discretionary trust district attorney District Court of Appeal diversity jurisdiction divorce a mensa et thoro doctor of law doctor of the science of law dual contract due process due process clause durable power of attorney Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: E easement appurtenant easement by estoppel easement by implication easement by prescription easement in gross eight-hour law equitable estoppel equitable lien equity capital equity court equity security estate tax estoppel estoppel by deed estoppel by judgment estoppel by silence evidence evidence in chief ex parte ex post facto law exclusive easement exclusive jurisdiction exculpatory evidence executory contract expectation damages express contract extradition warrant extraordinary writ extrinsic evidence extrinsic fraud Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: F factor’s lien family law federal common law federal question jurisdiction fee simple absolute fee simple on condition subsequent felonious assault felony felony murder fiduciary duty fiduciary relationship fiduciary shield doctrine file wrapper estoppel final judgment rule final offer arbitration financial responsibility law finding of law first lien first-degree murder floating lien formal contract forward contract fraud fraud in law fraud in the factum fraud in the inducement fraud on the court fraud on the market theory freedom of contract futures contract Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: G gag order general agent general assignment general counsel general damages general jurisdiction general law general lien general power of attorney general verdict rule general warrant generation-skipping transfer tax generation-skipping trust gift inter vivos gift tax good consideration Good Samaritan law good title grand theft grantor trust gratuitous contract grievance arbitration gross estate gross negligence guaranteed investment contract guardian guardian ad litem guest statute guilty guilty but mentally ill Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: H habeas corpus habeas corpus ad faciendum et recipiendum habeas corpus ad prosequendum habeas corpus ad subjiciendum habeas corpus ad testificandum habeas corpus cum causa habitual criminal habitual criminal law hate crime hearing hearsay evidence hearsay rule hedonic damages high court High Court of Justice high crime high-low agreement hold harmless home equity loan homicide homicide by misadventure honorary trust horizontal agreement hostile environment harassment hostile environment sexual harassment hostile possession House bill house counsel HUD-1 settlement statement Huntley hearing Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: I illusory contract impeachment evidence implied contract implied in law implied trust in personam jurisdiction in rem jurisdiction inadvertent discovery inchoate lien incidental damages indecent assault indictment individual policy pension trust inevitable discovery informal contract injunction injunction bond innominate contract installment contract inter vivos trust interest arbitration interlocutory injunction internal law international law intrinsic evidence intrinsic fraud investment contract involuntary lien irrevocable power of attorney issue of law Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: J jailhouse lawyer joint and several liability joint custody joint liability joint tenancy judge Judge Advocate General judgment judgment creditor judgment debt judgment debtor judgment in rem judgment lien judgment n.o.v. judgment nisi judgment non obstante veredicto judgment notwithstanding the verdict judgment of acquittal judgment on the merits judgment-proof judicial lien judicial writ junior lien jurisdiction jury duty jury trial jus ad rem justice of the peace court juvenile court juvenile delinquent Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: K K.B. k/a key kidnap kin knock and announce rule knowledge known creditor Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: L labor contract land installment contract land trust landlord’s lien law clerk law of the case law of the land lawyer leash law legal estate legal fraud legal interest legal separation legal title lemon law liability insurance libel libel per quod libel per se license bond lien lien creditor life estate limited divorce limited jurisdiction limited liability company limited liability partnership liquidated damages local law lynch law Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: M mail fraud mandatory injunction manifest weight of the evidence marital deduction trust maritime contract maritime law maritime lien martial law material breach material evidence material witness materialman’s lien matter of law measure of damages mechanic’s lien mens re...