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54 Cards in this Set
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A fortiori |
from the most powerful reasoning, with greater reason or more convincing force |
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Abate |
a lessening, a reduction, a complete termination |
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Ab extra |
From outside |
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Action in pais |
An action handled OUT of court |
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Action in rem |
Action against the thing |
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Actio in personam |
Personal actions |
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Ad damnum clause |
Amount of damages demanded. |
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Addendum |
A thing to be added, an appendix or supplement to a written paper |
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Ad diem |
At the day |
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Adduce |
To offer as proof |
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Ad faciendum |
To do |
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Ad hoc |
For this. For the special purpose, may be temporary. |
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Ad idem |
To the same point or effect. In agreement |
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Ad infinitum |
Without limit |
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Ad interim |
During a period of time, between now and it's end. |
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Ad libitum |
At the pleasure of, at will, at liberty. |
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Ad valorem |
According to the value. Taxes based upon the value of the thing being taxed. |
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Alford plea |
The defendant pleads guilty, but does not admit committing the crime. |
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Alias dictus |
Otherwise call. The full term describing people who assume false names. |
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Aliunde |
From another source; from the outside. |
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Animus furandi |
The intention to steal. |
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Allocution |
The court's formal inquiry of the prisoner as to whether he has any legal cause to shoe why judgment should not be pronounced against him on a verdict of conviction. |
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Animus testandi |
The intention to make a will. |
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Animus revocandi |
The intention to revoke. |
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A pasteriori |
From the most recent point of view. Ascertaining truth by means of actual experience or observation. |
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A priori |
From what goes before. From cause to effect. |
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A retro |
From the back |
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Artifice |
Implies craftiness and deceit. |
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Asportation |
Felonious removal of goods. |
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Attestation clause |
Clause at the end of a will where witnesses certify that the will was properly executed. |
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Blue sky laws. |
State statutes regulating the sales corporate of corporate securities. |
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Binding over |
Requiring a person to appear for trial. |
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Capias |
That you take. Writ requiring the officer to take the defendant into custody. |
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Causa mortis |
In contemplation of death |
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Chattel |
Any item of tangible property other than real estate |
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Chose |
Personal chattel |
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Chose in action |
Personal property in the possession of another. |
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Codicil |
Added provision to a will after its execution |
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Consortium |
Right of a spouse to the aid, etc |
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Contumacy |
The stubborn resistance to athority. |
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De jure |
By right |
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Demise |
A lease |
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Durham Rule |
A rule in some states ...done as the result of mental disease or defect |
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En banc |
By the full court |
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Et sic |
And so |
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Et ux |
And wife. |
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Ex post facto |
After the event or fact |
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Freehold |
The right of ownership to land for life |
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Germane |
Closely related |
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Gravamen |
The grievance or injury specified in the complaint in a pleading |
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Habendum clause |
A clause in a deed that clarifies the amount od ownership in the real property being transfered |
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Hereditament clause |
Any real or personal property that may be inherited |
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Head-note |
The paragraph ed summary of an issue which precedes the opinion ion of the court describing the issues in a particular decision |
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Holographic will |
A will in the handwriting of the deceased person |
