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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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ex post facto
Law; General law
This means 'after the fact'. These laws make an act which was legal when committed, illegal after committing it. These laws are specifically prohibited by the US Constitution, ...
expropriation
Law; General law
Confiscation of private property or rights by a government authority, with the purpose of public interest or maintaining social equality.
express trust
Law; General law
An express trust is a trust expressly declared by a will, deed or any written instrument or can be created orally too. For constituting an express trust, three matters have to be ...
expunge
Law; General law
The official and intentional destruction or erasure of records or information. When an offender who is a minor reaches majority, his records are expunged.
extortion
Law; General law
An act of obtaining property or valuable security by intentionally putting a person in fear of injury or even dishonestly inducing a person.
extradition
Law; General law
Extradition is a process whereby under treaty or upon basis of reciprocity one state surrenders to another state at its request, a person accused or convicted of a criminal ...
ex turpi causa non oritur actio
Law; General law
This Latin doctrine means "an action does not arise from a base cause," i.e. a claimant will not be able to take action on an act which arises out of his own illegal act.
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