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General law

Common terminology used in legal business.

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Nonpublic forum

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Public property that is not designated or traditionally considered an arena for public communication.

Non-purchased-money

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Not pertaining to or being an obligation secured by property obtained by a loan.

Adjunct

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Added as an accompanying object or circumstance.

Taxable termination

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A taxable event that occurs when an interest in a generation-skipping trust property terminates.

Grand jury

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A jury of twelve to twenty-three persons who hear evidence presented by a prosecutor to decide if there is enough evidence to send someone to trial for a crime is called as grand jury.

Deposition index

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A list of the most critical events, people, places, or things in alphabetical order, indicating what pages those matters are referred to in the deposition.

Direct evidence

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This evidence is usually from personal observation and it tends to establish a fact without the need of an inference.

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