Legal And Court Terms (E-I)

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The right which one person has to use land of another.

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Easement

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Fraudulent appropriation to one's own use of property in his possession.

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Embezzlement

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Authority of the state to take private propery for public use.

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Eminent domain

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Derived from experience or observation without reliance on theory, one who relies on practical experience.

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Empiric

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By the full court. All the judges of one court sitting together.

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En banc

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Justice. Refers to the calue of propery minus liens or other incumbrances.

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Equity

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Lapsing or reversion of land back to the state or the original grantor.

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Escheat

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Bar which prevents a person from asserting or denying a fact.

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Estoppel

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And

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Et

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And others.

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Et al

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And the following.

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Et seq

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And wife.

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Et ux

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And husband.

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Et vir

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An objection to the court's ruling or the calling of an error to the attention of the court.

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Exception

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To clear from alleged fault.

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Exculpate

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Person appointed in a will to carry out terms of that will.

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Executor

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In behalf of, representing one party, by or from one party only.

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Ex parte

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After the event or fact.

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Ex post facto

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The proper performance of a legal act.

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Feasance

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Person who holds a position of trust or confidence to act primarily for the benefit of another.

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Fiduciary

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A right of ownership to land for life.

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Freehold

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Closely related, relevant, pertinent.

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Germane

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Grievance or injury specified in the complaint in a pleading.

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Gravamen

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Clause in a deed that clarifies the amount of ownership in the real property being transferred.

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Habendum clause

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Real person or property that may be inherited.

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Hereditament

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The paragraphed summary of an issue which precedes the opinion of the court describing the issues in a particular decision.

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Head-note

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A will in the handwriting of the deceased person.

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Holograpic will

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Statutory method to protect an interest in a residence.

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Homestead

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A procedure book on law. A book intended to aid one with the fundamentals of the subject being studied.

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Hornbook

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A witness who is openly prejudiced against the party who has him testify.

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Hostile

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In chambers.

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In camera

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That which tends to incriminate or bring about a criminal conivction.

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Inculpatory

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Not of material nature, intangible.

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Incorporeal

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Indicators. Signs or circumstances which tend to support a belief in a proposition as being probable, but do not prove it positively. Synonymous with circumstantial evidence.

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Indicia

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The function of a Grand Jury to decide if a person should be charged with a crime.

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Indict

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Papers stating what a person is charged with when he apprears before the Grand Jury. Formal written accusation charging someone with a crime.

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Indictment

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A deduction that may be drawn from other facts that are already established.

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Inference

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Wrongdoer caught red-handed.

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In flagrante delicto

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In these words, verbatim.

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In haec verba

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A writ from the court requiring a party to refrain from doing or continuing to do a particular act.

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Injunction

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In the place of a parent.

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In loco parentis

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In the matter of.

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In re

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Among other things. Used to recite statutes where the whole statute is not set forth at length.

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Inter alia

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Between other persons. Between strangers to a matter.

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Inter alios

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The ammending of a pleading or motion by written insertion between words or lines already typed or printed.

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Interlineation

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Temporary, intermediate, provisional, not final.

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Interlocutory

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Decree made pending the final outcome of the case and before a final hearing on the merits.

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Interlocutory decree

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Person who enters a lawsuit already in progress.

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Intervenor

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Among the living. Transactions made while parties are living or during their lifetime.

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Inter vivos

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Person who dies without leaving a valid will.

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Intestate

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To take effect, to serve; to the use, benefit, or advantage of someone; to vest.

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Inure

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An estate in property with the right of survivorship.

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Joint tenancy

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Lawyer who is appointed as a judge to sit on the bench when the regular judge cannot be present.

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Judge pro tem

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Official decision of the court.

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Judgement

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A judgement not withstanding the verdict.

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Judgement n.o.v.

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Courts recognition of certain commonly known facts without requiring proof thereof.

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Judicial notice

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Clause at the end of an affadavit stating when, where, and before whom it was sworn. Certification a person or officer before whom a writing was sworn.

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Jurat

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The power of an authority, such as a court, to hear and determine a case.

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Jurisdiction

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The science of law.

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Jurisprudence