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By :
Y.Prakash
Lawyer
[ Scorecard : 9352]
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ON : 6/10/2008 6:50:12 PM
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Hey Friends!!!
This thread is being started for improvement of legal vocabulary! I will post a Legal Word!!
If anyone could post the meaning of that word along with its usage he becomes eligible for posting a new legal word!!!
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By :
Y.Prakash
Lawyer
[ Scorecard : 9352]
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ON : 6/10/2008 6:54:54 PM
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Hi Friends,
Here comes the first word:
LIBEL
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By :
veenzar
Advocate
[ Scorecard : 1019]
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ON : 6/10/2008 7:05:06 PM
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Libel : To publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his/her reputation, by tending to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of others.
Now if that is right here is my next word:
ABATEMENT
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By :
Rajendran Nallusamy
Advocate
[ Scorecard : 803]
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ON : 6/10/2008 7:10:17 PM
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Abatement:
n. 1) the removal of a problem which is against public or private policy, or endangers others, including nuisances such as weeds that might catch fire on an otherwise empty lot; 2) an equal reduction of recovery of debts by all creditors when there are not enough funds or assets to pay the full amount; 3) an equal reduction of benefits to beneficiaries (heirs) when an estate is not large enough to pay each beneficiary in full.
Next Word: Sine Qua Non
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By :
Shree.
Advocate.
[ Scorecard : 2934]
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ON : 6/11/2008 10:57:10 AM
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sine qua non (see-nay kwah nahn) prep. Latin for "without which it could not be," an indispensable action or condition. Example: if Charlie Careless had not left the keys in the ignition, his 10-year-old son could not have started the car and backed it over Polly Playmate. So Charlie's act was the sine qua non of the injury to Playmate.
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By :
Y.Prakash
Lawyer
[ Scorecard : 9352]
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ON : 6/11/2008 1:54:46 PM
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CONDICTIO INDEBITI, civil law. When the plaintiff has paid to the defendant by mistake what he was not bound to pay either in fact or in law, he may recover it back by an action called condictio indebiti. This action does not lie, 1. if the sum was due ex cequitate, or by a natural obligation; 2. if he who made the payment knew that nothing was due, for qui consulto dat quod non debetat, prcesumitur donare. Vide Quasi contract.
Next Word : FEOFFMENT
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By :
Shree.
Advocate.
[ Scorecard : 2934]
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ON : 6/11/2008 6:36:12 PM
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FEOFFMENT:This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
Total relinquishment and transfer of all rights of ownership in land from one individual to another.
A feoffment in old England was a transfer of property that gave the new owner the right to sell the land as well as the right to pass it on to his heirs.
An essential element of feoffment was livery of seisin, a ceremony for transferring the possession of real property from one person to another.
Feoffment is also known as enfeoffment.
NEXT WORD: De Bonis Non Administratis
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By :
Y.Prakash
Lawyer
[ Scorecard : 9352]
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ON : 6/14/2008 12:08:31 PM
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De bonis non administratis- Latin for "of goods not administered," is a legal term that refers to assets remaining in an estate after the death or removal of the estate administrator. The second administrator is called the administrator bonis non and distributes the remaining assets.
Next Word: Ex aequo et bono
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By :
Shree.
Advocate.
[ Scorecard : 2934]
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ON : 6/15/2008 6:49:49 PM
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Ex aequo et bono:
In equity and good conscience.'
: according to what is equitable and good: on the merits of the case (often used in international law when a matter is to be decided according to principles of equity rather than by points of law.(latin)
Next word:Eleemosynary
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By :
apoorva (Guest)
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ON : 6/16/2008 5:36:14 PM
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Eleemosynary:
=> The term eleemosynary means relating to charity, charitable, or the giving of alms. It derives from Latin word eleemosynarius.
Next word: Sine qua non
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By :
Shree.
Advocate.
[ Scorecard : 2934]
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ON : 6/17/2008 11:35:18 AM
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Dear sir,
This word is already posted here.Try to post new word.common carry on
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By :
apoorva (Guest)
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ON : 6/17/2008 12:25:08 PM
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Sorry.
Next Word: Falsi crimen
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By :
SANJAY DIXIT
Lawyer
[ Scorecard : 14753]
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ON : 6/17/2008 12:56:55 PM
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Falsi crimen :
Crime of falsity. CRIMEN FALSI, civil law, crime. It is a fraudulent alteration, or forgery, to conceal or alter the truth, to the prejudice of another.
Next word: Lex non scripta
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By :
Shree.
Advocate.
[ Scorecard : 2934]
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ON : 6/17/2008 6:55:22 PM
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Dear Sir,
There is no such word as Lex non script, but it may be Lex non scipta
It means "Unwritten law; the common or custom law"; as opposed to lex scripta.
Next word: zoning
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By :
Priyanka Behal
Lawyer
[ Scorecard : 67]
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ON : 6/18/2008 4:25:08 PM
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to partition (a city, borough, or township) by ordinance into sections reserved for different purposes
Next word is DEBARMENT
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By :
Shree.
Advocate.
[ Scorecard : 2934]
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ON : 6/18/2008 6:33:23 PM
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DEBARMENT: the act of prevention by legal means; "they achieved his debarment from holding public office"
Next word: vagrancy
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By :
Rajendran Nallusamy
Advocate
[ Scorecard : 803]
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ON : 6/18/2008 7:57:40 PM
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Vagrancy - Act of wandering about without employment or identifiable means of support. Sometimes, begging too included.
Next Word:
Forbearance
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By :
SANJAY DIXIT
Lawyer
[ Scorecard : 14753]
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ON : 6/18/2008 11:47:21 PM
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Forbearance : The act of forbearing; The act of a creditor who refrains from enforcing a debt when it falls due.
Dear Shreeram, "Lex non scripta" is a Latin word which meant what you have written ie "Unwritten law; the common or custom law".
Next Word : Onus Probandi
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By :
Priyanka Behal
Lawyer
[ Scorecard : 67]
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ON : 6/19/2008 11:58:29 AM
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It means "burden of proof "
Next word is Res-Judicata
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By :
Shree.
Advocate.
[ Scorecard : 2934]
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ON : 6/19/2008 12:21:47 PM
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RES JUDICATA - Lat. "the thing has been decided"
The principle that a final judgement of a competent court is conclusive upon the parties in any subsequent litigation involving the same cause of action.
Next word:
Respondeat superior
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