(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.Final judgment
a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
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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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As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part ha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.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: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: judgment, disposing, case, before, court.Explore Academic Dictionary
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