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estoppel

Legal services; Courts

An impediment that prevents a person from asserting or doing something contrary to his own previous assertion or act.

additur

Legal services; Courts

An increase by a judge in the amount of damages awarded by a jury.

tort

Legal services; Courts

A private or civil wrong or injury for which the court provides a remedy through an action for damages.

A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place, either for some particular purpose, as to do a specific act, or for the transaction of business in ...

arbitrator

Legal services; Courts

A private, disinterested person chosen by the parties in arbitration to hear evidence concerning the dispute and to make an award based on the evidence.