legal : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
  action; action at law.
  

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• noun the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
  majority.
  

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• noun a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
  paralegal.
  

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• noun vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet)
  

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• noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
  brief.
  

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• . See under Cap.

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• noun a code of laws adopted by a state or nation
  
  • a code of laws

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• noun the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
  legal community; bar.
  
  • he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey

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• noun (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
  legal document; official document; instrument.
  

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• noun acts which the law requires be done or forborne
  

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• noun a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
  jurist.
  

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• noun a fee paid for legal service
  

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• noun comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence
  constructive fraud.
  

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• noun a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
  trustee.
  

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• noun authorized by law and limiting work or official business
  national holiday; public holiday.
  

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• noun any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
  wrong; damage.
  

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• noun (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
  legal document; official document; instrument.
  

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• noun (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
  jointure.
  

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• noun the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
  judgement; opinion; judgment.
  
  • opinions are usually written by a single judge

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• noun the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
  eviction; dispossession.
  

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• noun the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
  law; jurisprudence.
  

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• noun (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
  jurisdiction.
  
  • courts having jurisdiction in this district

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• noun (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
  judicial principle; judicial doctrine.
  

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• noun (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
  proceedings; proceeding.
  

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• noun the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
  legal community; bar.
  
  • he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey

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• noun a professional relation that is regulated by law (as between a lawyer and a client)
  

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• noun personal representation that has legal status
  
  • an person who has been declared incompetent should have legal representation

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• noun a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)
  

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• noun (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time
  domicile.
  
  • what's his legal residence?

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• noun a right based in law
  

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• noun a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
  judicial separation.
  
• noun (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
  separation.
  

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• noun a status defined by law
  

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• noun a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws
  

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• noun something that can be used as an official medium of payment
  tender; stamp.
  

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• . (a) The act of tendering in the performance of a contract or satisfaction of a claim that which the law prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as the law prescribes or permits . (b) That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in different countries.

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• noun the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
  delivery; livery.
  

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Med`i*co-le"gal adjective

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to law as affected by medical facts.

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