1 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
Hypothecation
Law; General law
The act of pledging a thing as a security for a debt or demand without parting with the possession.
Medical malpractice
Law; General law
A professional negligence on the part of a health care provider by an act or omission, in which he/she deviates from the accepted standards of practise of the medical profession and thereby causes ...
Malfeasance
Law; General law
Doing an act, which is illegal and wrongful. If a person omits to do something which he ought to do, then it is non-feasance, whereas doing a lawful act in an unlawful and improper way, so as to ...
Miranda rights
Law; General law
The rights of a person, who is taken into police custody. It is mandatory for the law enforcement officers to inform the suspects in custody about the Miranda rights. Such action from the side of ...
Misappropriation
Law; General law
Illegal use of another's property or funds intentionally. In law, misappropriation is mainly used to denote such action by a public official, trustee, executor or any agent, who is entrusted with ...
Mens rea
Law; General law
This Latin term, which literally means 'guilty mind', refers to the intent required to commit a crime. Mens Rea is one of the two factors that are necessary to constitute a crime. The other factor ...
