Legal Terms 61-80
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alexofviamarina on April 19, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 consideration | lawful price, motive, cause, impelling influence or inducement for a contract |
| contract | agreement between competent parties, supported by consideration, to do or to refrain from doing some lawful act |
| conversion | wrongful taking of personal property with intent to deprive its owner of it permanently |
| copyright | a right to reap the financial benefits of a literary property |
| covenant | agreement or promise; often restricting the use of real estate |
| creditor | one to whom a debt or obligation is owed |
| criminal law | laws which control standards of conduct and which prescribe the punishments for disobedience |
| debenture | bond given as evidence of corporate debt |
| decree | final order of an equity court |
| defamation | that which holds one to contempt or ridicule; that which injures one's reputation |
| deponent | one who gives a deposition |
| deposition | sworn testimony given by question and answer in non-courtroom setting, which is recorded and transcribed by a court reporter |
| devise | gift of real property by will |
| discharge | to release, liberate, annul, disenumber, dismiss |
| duress | unlawful constraint exercised upon a person forcing her to do an act which she would not have done otherwise |
| enjoin | to prevent or forbid by injunction |
| equity | justice administered by principles of fairness (distinguished from strict rules of law) |
| escheat | reversion of property to the state where there are no heirs to inherit the property at a person's death |
| estop | to stop, bar, present |
| estoppel | doctrine upon 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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