(law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes betw…
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Custody battle
litigation to settle custody of the children of a divorced couple
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a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
Used in the same subject area: Law, Dispute resolution, General law.a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
Used in the same subject area: Law, Dispute resolution, General law.litigation shown to have been instituted maliciously and without probable cause; "he got an injunction against vexatious litigation by…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Dispute resolution, General law.(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.(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…
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The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.court-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.Expenses incurred in litigation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: litigation, settle, custody, children, divorced.
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