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Legal Language......
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| adjudicate: to hear and settle a case by judicial procedure. | |
| appellate: having the power to hear appeals and to reverse lower court decisions. | |
| collusion: a secret agreemetn for a deceitful or fraudulent purpose; conspiracy. | |
| deposition: testimony under oath, especially a written statemetn by a witness for use in court in his absence. |
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| equity: something that is just, impartial and fair; the value of a business or property in excess of any claim against it; justice applied in circumstances not covered by law. |
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| exhume: to dig out of the earth; disinter; reveal. | |
| incommunicado: without the means or right of communication with others, as one held in solitary confinement. |
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| intestate: having made no valid will; one who dies without a legal will. | |
| ipso facto: by the fact itself; by that very fact. | |
| lien: the right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt; mortgage. |
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| litigation: legal action or process. | |
| perjury: the deliberate, wilfull giving a false, misleading, or incomplete testimony by a witness under oath in a criminal proceeding. |
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| pettifogger: a petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer; a shyster. | |
| tort: any wrongful act not involving breach of contract for which a civilsuit can be brought. |
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| tribunal: a seat or court of justice. | |