General law

General law

Common terminology used in legal business.

Industry: Law; Legal services

Add a new term

Contributors in General law

Become a Contributors

General law

Descendant

Law; General law

A person who is in direct line to an ancestor, such as a child, grand child, great grand child etc. Descendants include natural born children and legally adopted descendants.

Deterrence

Law; General law

Any law or legislation enacted has to be coupled with a penalty or punishment for non conformity thereto, which will act as a deterrent for breach thereof.

Detinue

Law; General law

It is a form of action which lies in conversion for loss or destruction of goods, which a bailee (not the owner) has allowed to happen in breach of his duty.

Detention

Law; General law

The act of retaining a person or property in temporary custody while awaiting trial.

Estoppel

Law; General law

Estoppel is a rule of law that prevents a person from denying or asserting certain facts on account of his own actions which resulted in proving those facts earlier. The court does not allow a ...

Evidence

Law; General law

It is the usual means of proving or disproving a fact or matter in issue. This information is presented to a judge to convince the court of the facts. Evidence can be oral, documentary, ...