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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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motion

Law; General law

An application for a rule or order of court.

motive

Law; General law

A very important factor as far as criminal law is concerned, motive is the reason for a person to commit a crime. It is the inner drive, which induces the person to act in such a ...

murder

Law; General law

One of the most serious crimes, murder can be defined as the intentional and unlawful killing of one person by another, without any legal justification or provocation.

naked

Law; General law

In a legal context, this word is used to denote something, which is devoid of any power or effectiveness, or something that is not complete. A 'naked title' is a title which does ...

named plaintiff

Law; General law

In a class action (a lawsuit, in which large number of people collectively bring a claim to court), a small group of plaintiffs are identified by their name, and they represent ...

negligence

Law; General law

The failure to exercise reasonable care to avoid causing harm to another person or other's property is called negligence. The factors which constitute negligence varies with the ...

negotiable instrument

Law; General law

A written instrument signed by the maker for the purpose of unconditional payment of a fixed amount of money, at a specified future date or on demand, to the payee or to his order ...