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  • Waiver

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Waiver Meaning of Waiver An intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege. Johnson v Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458, 58 S.Ct. 1019, 82 L.Ed. 1461. To constitute a waiver of a legal right […]

  • Black Market

    Financial Definition of Black Market Meaning of Black Market An illegal market. Adoption Legal Definition of Black Market Adoption performed outside the law, often referred to as the illegal buying […]

  • Oath

    A pledge or promise by which a person swears that a statement made or about to be made is true.

  • Beneficiary

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Beneficiary Meaning of Beneficiary One who is entitled to the benefit of property ; one for whose benefit a trust is created; one for whose benefit a trustee , an executor , etc., holds the property. One […]

  • Attorney-in-fact

    See also One who is appointed by another, with the authority to act for… (Read more)…

  • Antenuptial Agreement

    Or prenuptial agreement or premarital agreement-means an agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage (see Marriage and Disolution of Marriage in Connecticut here)…

  • Adoption Agency

    Organization placing children in homes, under the jurisdiction of state or licensing laws….

  • Perjury

    While statutory definitions of the term may vary slightly, generally, it is the wilful and corrupt false swearing or affirming, after an oath lawfully administered in the course of a judicial or quasi -judicial proceeding , as to some matter material to the issue or point in […]

  • A priori

    (Lat. by the prior reason). In logic. An argument preceding from causes to effects. …

  • Leading Question

    A question which suggests to the witness the answer which the party examining desires him to give. Generally, a party is not allowed to ask leading questions of his own witnesses, unless the questions and answers relate to matters not in dispute . A leading question, however, can, […]

  • Leading Question

    A question which suggests to the witness the answer which the party examining desires him to give. Generally, a party is not allowed to ask leading questions of his own witnesses, unless the questions and answers relate to matters not in dispute . A leading question, however, can, […]

  • Ad litem

    (Lat. Ktes). For the suit. Every court has the power to appoint a guardian ad litem. 2 Kent, Comm. 229; 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 427. …

  • Ad litem

    (Lat. Ktes). For the suit. Every court has the power to appoint a guardian ad litem. 2 Kent, Comm. 229; 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 427. …

  • Power

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Power Meaning of Power The right , ability, capacity or legal authority to do some act which a person cannot do without the power. Ability of a person to produce change in legal relation by doing or not […]

  • Power

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Power Meaning of Power The right , ability, capacity or legal authority to do some act which a person cannot do without the power. Ability of a person to produce change in legal relation by doing or not […]