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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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contract
Law; General law
A voluntary agreement between two or more legally competent parties, in which the parties are obliged to do or refrain from doing certain things.
conviction
Law; General law
A decision taken by a judge after a criminal trial, which finds the defendant guilty of the crime.
copyright
Law; General law
A type of intellectual property, which gives the owner the exclusive right to control the publication, distribution and adaptation of creative works, for a certain period of time. ...
cybersquatting
Law; General law
Registration in an Internet domain name with the intent of making huge profits by selling it to someone else.
damages
Law; General law
Damages are the pecuniary compensation given by the process of law, to a person for the actionable wrong that another has done him.
dangerous offender
Law; General law
A person who has committed a serious personal injury offense, and the law believes that it is highly probable that he can commit the crime again, and is considered high risk for ...
date rape
Law; General law
Forcible sexual intercourse, while on a voluntary social outing where the women resisted the sexual advances of the man.
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