20 Terms
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Courts
estoppel
Legal services; Courts
An impediment that prevents a person from asserting or doing something contrary to his own previous assertion or act.
tort
Legal services; Courts
A private or civil wrong or injury for which the court provides a remedy through an action for damages.
attorney-in-fact
Legal services; Courts
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.
reversible error
Legal services; Courts
A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
voluntary bankruptcy
Legal services; Courts
A proceeding by which a debtor voluntarily asks for a discharge of his debts under the Bankruptcy Code.
