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General law
Common terminology used in legal business.
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Swing vote
Legal services; General law
The vote that determines an issue when all other voting parties, such as appellate judges, are evenly split.
Sweatshop
Legal services; General law
A business where the employees are overworked and underpaid in extreme conditions.
One-person, one-vote rule
Legal services; General law
The principle that the Equal Protection Clause requires legislative voting districts to have about the same population.
On demand
Legal services; General law
When presented or upon request for payment( this note is payable on demand).
On all fours
Law; General law
Squarely on point with a precedent on both facts and law; identical in all material ways.
Occurence rule
Law; General law
The rule that a limitations period begins to run when the alleged wrongful act or omission occurs, rather than when the plaintiff discovers the injury.
