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The services involving law-related matters such as the issuing of legal opinion,filing and pleading, as well as the issuing and defending of law suits among many others.
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bail
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
Release of a defendant from custody, until his/her next appearance in Court, subject sometimes to security being given and/or compliance with certain conditions.
bailiff
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
Bailiffs and enforcement officers are people authorised to remove and sell possessions in order to pay the money a debtor owes to a person or an organisation. They may also ...
bankrupt
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
Insolvent - unable to pay creditors and having all goods/effects administered by a liquidator or trustee and sold for the benefit of those creditors; as a result of an order under ...
bill of costs
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
An itemized list what expenses a prevailing party in a lawsuit or action needs to pay for services procured from a lawyer. It can have varying levels of detail, ans should ...
bill of indictment
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
A written statement of the charges against a defendant sent for trial to the Crown Court, and signed by an officer of the Court.
bind over
Legal services; Legal aid (criminal)
In the Crown Court or (more usually) the Magistrates Court, and signed by an officer of the Court.
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