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15 Cards in this Set
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copyright
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a right to reap the financial benefits of literary property
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covenant
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agreement or promise, often restricting the use of real estate
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criminal law
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laws which control standards of conduct and which prescribe the punishments for disobedience
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debenture
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bond given as evidence of corporate debt
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decree
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the final order of an equity court
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defamation
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that which holds one up to contempt or ridicule; that which injures one's reputation
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devise
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gift of real property by will
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discharge
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to release, liberate, annul, disencumber, dismiss
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duress
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unlawful constraint exercised upon a person, forcing her to do an act which she would not have done otherwise
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enjoin
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to prevent or forbid by injunction
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equity
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justice administered by principles of fairness, distinguished from strict rules of law
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escheat
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reversion of property to the state when there are no heirs to inherit the propety at a person's death
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estop
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to stop, bar, prevent
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estoppel
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doctrine under which a person's acts or failure to act prevents her from seeking legal relief, although she would have been entitled to relief otherwise
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eviction
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to recover real estate (from a tenant) by legal process; to force out or remove from real property
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