20 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Law; Legal services > General law
General law
Common terminology used in legal business.
Industry: Law; Legal services
Add a new termContributors in General law
General law
Standing of organisation
Law; General law
An organization(unincorporated association, corporation, union, etc) has standing to challenge government action that causes injury to the organisation itself.
Standing
Law; General law
A person has standing only if she can demonstrate a concrete stake in front of supreme court in the outcome of the controversy.
Mootness
Law; General law
Mootness bars the consideration of claims after they have been resolved in general legal court procedures.
All fours
Law; General law
All fours means two relevant cases, the client's and one found through research in the law library, which are significantly similar.
Incompetent
Law; General law
Lacking the legal capacity to testify or perform at a certain level or standard is called as incompetent.
Intervenor
Law; General law
One who voluntarily becomes part of a lawsuit which is already in progress is called as intervenor.
Prudent person rule
Legal services; General law
Doctrine according to which a trustee is expected to invest funds in relatively safe and conservative investments.
