20 Terms
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mediation
Legal services; Courts
A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps them agree on a settlement.
joint tenancy
Legal services; Courts
A form of legal co-ownership of property (also known as survivorship). At the death of one co-owner, the surviving co-owner becomes sole owner of the property. Tenancy by the entirety is a special ...
treatise
Legal services; Courts
A formal and systematic book or writing containing a narrative statement on a field of law.
acknowledgment
Legal services; Courts
A formal declaration before an authorized official by the person who executed an instrument that it is his free act and deed; the certificate of the official on such instrument attesting that it was ...
legal process
Legal services; Courts
A formal paper that is legally valid; something issuing from the court, usually a command such as a writ or mandate.
hearing
Legal services; Courts
A formal proceeding (generally less formal than a trial) with definite issues of law or of fact to be heard. Hearings are used extensively by legislative and administrative agencies.
answers to interrogatories
Legal services; Courts
A formal written statement by a party to a lawsuit which answers each question or interrogatory propounded by the other party. These answers must be acknowledged before a notary public or other ...
