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Verdict

The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause.

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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Actual damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(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…

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Civil wrong noun · 78% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…

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Comparative negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff

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Compensatory damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Concurrent negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately

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Constructive possession noun · 78% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Contributory negligence noun · 78% connection

(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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Criminal negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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Criminal possession noun · 78% connection

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…

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Culpable negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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DBA noun · 78% connection

(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…

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Appeal noun · 78% connection

(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…

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Appearance noun · 78% connection

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…

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Arraign verb · 78% connection

To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.

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Assize noun · 78% connection

A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury.

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Attach verb · 78% connection

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…

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Attaint verb · 78% connection

A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of…

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Bank noun · 78% connection

The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting…

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Baston noun · 78% connection

An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the…

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Centumvir noun · 78% connection

One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually…

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Certiorari noun · 78% connection

A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in…

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Civil adjective · 78% connection

of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "ci…

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Color noun · 78% connection

An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, th…

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