10 Terms
Contributors in Courts
Courts
Answers to interrogatories
Legal services; Courts
A formal written statement by a party to a lawsuit which answers each question or interrogatory propounded by the other party. These answers must be acknowledged before a notary public or other ...
Acknowledgment
Legal services; Courts
A formal declaration before an authorised official by the person who executed an instrument that it is his free act and deed; the certificate of the official on such instrument attesting that it was ...
Hearing
Legal services; Courts
A formal proceeding (generally less formal than a trial) with definite issues of law or of fact to be heard. Hearings are used extensively by legislative and administrative agencies.
Patent
Legal services; Courts
A grant to an inventor of the right to exclude others for a limited time from make, using, or selling his invention in the United States.
Legal process
Legal services; Courts
A formal paper that is legally valid; something issuing from the court, usually a command such as a writ or mandate.
Answer
Legal services; Courts
A formal, written statement by the defendant in a lawsuit which answers each allegation contained in the complaint.
Lapsed gift
Legal services; Courts
A gift made in a will to a person who has died prior to the will-makers death.
