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Action case
Legal services; Courts
Cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
Probate
Legal services; Courts
Court proceeding by which a will is proved valid or invalid. Term used to mean all proceedings pertaining to the administration of estates such as the process by which assets are gathered; applied to ...
Pretrial conference
Legal services; Courts
Conference among the opposing attorneys and the judge called at the discretion of the court to narrow the issues to be tried and to make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
Strict liability
Legal services; Courts
Concept applied by the courts in product liability cases that when a manufacturer presents his goods for public sale, he is representing that they are suitable for their intended use.
Preinjunction
Legal services; Courts
Court order requiring action or forbidding action until a decision can be made whether to issue a permanent injunction. It differs from a temporary restraining order.
Ex parte proceeding action
Legal services; Courts
Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.
Voidable
Legal services; Courts
Capable of being declared invalid; a voidable contract is one where a person may avoid his obligation, as a contract between an adult and a minor.
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