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Legal Definitions

The legal process uses highly specialized language and terms. Ask about their definitions in this category.

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Give an example of a Proof of cash?

Anything that requires money is a proof of cash.. the payment for the expenses, or anything you get through the use money is a proof of cash: buying, use of transportation expenses, paying for the services rendered, collection of income etc.

What does csl stand for in regards to law?

When taken out of its context it doesn't mean anything.

Abbreviations, notations, and court slang are NOT standard throughout the courts or the legal system. The best advice is to contact the Clerk Of Court office for the jurisdiction involved and ask them what it means to them in THAT court.

How would you use the word default in a sentence?

The lien fell into default.

Our football team won by default when the other team failed to arrive on time.

What is an involuntary trust?

One who wrongfully detains a thing is called an involuntary trustee.

An involuntary trust is a trust created by a court by operation of law to benefit the party that has been wrongfully deprived of their property by fraud, accident, mistake or some other wrongful act.

What does accusatory mean?

The prosecutor glared at the witness and questioned her in an accusatory tone.



What does it mean For a person to warrant and agrees to defend the title to all of such property for the benefit of to a person his legal representatives and assigns against all persons mean?

That language is used in the transfer of property, especially real property, to a new owner. It constitutes warranty covenants by which the grantor will warrant the title against any and all claims by any other person.

What is the difference between recombination and transformation?

Recombinants take up the plasmid but do not incorporate it into the DNA. Transformants take up the plasmid and integrate it into the DNA. Recombinants wouldn't express the new genes while Transformants will.

What are the examples of aggravating circumstances?

When a student interrupts the teacher it is an aggravating circumstance.

Also, when a person repeats a question that has been answered several times.

Any irritating occasion that can't be solved is an aggravation circumstance.

In legal terms it means that a higher penalty may be applied. Aggravated assault may be with a weapon rather than with no weapon.

What is the difference between appendix and attachment?

An appendix is attached at the train of the main document, to supplement the document, usually for reference (so it's a list of similar things, a bibliography, a study, etc.) You don't have to read the appendix to be able to understand the document. It's in recent times just additional reference information.

An exhibit is something that's referred to contained by the document and is attached to the end of the document to that the reader can see it for himself (so the document can say "according to the contract, attached as exhibit A"). Making something an exhibit makes it part of the document itself - something to be considered and that is thought to be essential to the document.

An attachment is something generally attached, that's not an exhibit and not an appendix. Normally a separate document that is not in the train itself but rather attached, as a standalone form added to a document.

What does being a victim in a crime mean?

A victim is a person directly and proximately harmed as a result of the commission of an offense (i.e.: the one against whom the offense was committed).

What is the difference between selling and caveat?

Selling is to transfer property in exchange for good, money or services. Caveat is a Latin word for warning or caution.

What is a rebuttal?

Rebuttal means an opposing argument in a debate, means a rebute in a war.

A rebuttal is the claim, or proof, that an accusation or argument is false.

It used to be (but is no longer used in this meaning) the repelling of an attack in a battle.

~or in easier terns it is a refutation or contradiction.

What is the legal definition of a service animal?

The Codes of Federal Regulation for the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 state,

"Service animal means any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling awheelchair, or fetching dropped items." This definition is currently under review. The U.S. Department of Justice issued a "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" indicating the Department's intent to modify this definition to read: "Service animal means any dog or other common domestic animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals who are blind or have low vision, alerting individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, fetching items, assisting an individual during a seizure, retrieving medicine or the telephone, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability to individuals with mobility disabilities, and assisting individuals, including those with cognitive disabilities, with navigation. The term service animal includes individually trained animals that do work or perform tasks for the benefit of individuals with disabilities, including psychiatric, cognitive, and mental disabilities. The term service animal does not include wild animals (including nonhuman primates born in captivity), reptiles, rabbits, farm animals (including any breed of horse, miniature horse, pony, pig, or goat), ferrets, amphibians, and rodents. Animals whose sole function is to provide emotional support, comfort, therapy, companionship, therapeutic benefits, or to promote emotional well-being are not service animals." As of July 2009, this change has not been made officially and has not gone into effect. Some other laws, especially some state laws, may use a different legal definition of "service animal." Consult a qualified attorney to learn which law and which definition apply in your specific situation.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the inquisitorial system?

Some of the advantages are;

  • the decision maker has a more active role,
  • the witnesses are usually called by the decision maker,
  • there is less reliance on legal representation,
  • the decision maker controls the production of the evidence,
  • the cost of the system is mainly born by the state,
  • the use of mainly written statements reduces costs.

Some of the weaknesses are;

  • the judge is less impartial,
  • the parties may feel at the mercy of the investigating judge,
  • the parties are not able to call own experts,
  • there is greater reliance on written evidence
  • the judge is aware of character reports and past records.