(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.Causa
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"
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(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) immediate and direct physical control over property
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of c…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.Words connected by meaning
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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.Partnership in power; equal share of authority.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comprehensive, proceeding, court, whereby, individual.Explore Academic Dictionary
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