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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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next friend
Law; General law
A term used to denote a person, who appears for another in litigation without any official appointment. The next friend may or may not be a close relative, but the person for ...
next of kin
Law; General law
A legal term used to denote the nearest blood relatives of a person, who dies intestate.
no-fault divorce
Law; General law
A no-fault divorce is granted in such cases, where there is no prospects of reconciliation and the incompatibility between the spouses is considered as a ground for divorce. This ...
notary
Law; General law
Notary public is an official appointed by the state, and has the power to administer oaths, certify documents, take acknowledgments, and to take depositions (if he/she is also a ...
notary public
Law; General law
Notary public is an official appointed by the state, and has the power to administer oaths, certify documents, take acknowledgments, and to take depositions (if he/she is also a ...
notice
Law; General law
Information or knowledge, communicated through various means. It is said to be an actual notice, if the information can be shown to have reached the other party. It is ...
novation
Law; General law
Displacing an existing valid contract with a new one, which happens with the mutual agreement of all the concerned parties. This gives rise to new rights and obligations, which ...
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