Assert - Law Dictionary Search Results
Declaratively
By distinct assertion not impliedly in the form of a declaration
alleged
alleged 1 : asserted to be true ;esp : stated in an allegation [ crimes] 2 : accused but not yet proven
affirmative
affirmative 1 : asserting the existence of certain facts esp. in support of a cause of action [ proof] 2 : resulting
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jus tertii
: a right of a third party (as to property in another's possession) ;also : the right to assert the rights of another in a lawsuit NOTE: In property actions the claims of a third party on
affirm
affirm 1 : to assert as true or factual 2 : to assert (as a judgment) as valid or confirmed [ed the lower
derivative action
by a shareholder on behalf of a corporation or by a member on behalf of an association to assert a cause of action usually against an officer which the corporation or association has itself failed to assert
preclude
action or claim esp. by collateral estoppel or res judicata [they are precluded only because they failed to assert…the grounds for recovery they now assert "Roach v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688, 595 F.2d 446 (1979)"] b
Injunction
of a decree made at a hearing upon the merits, whereby the defendant is perpetually inhibited from the assertion of a right, or perpetually res-trained from the commission of an act contrary to equity and good conscience.
swear
[Old English swerian] vt 1 : to utter or take solemnly [ an oath] 2 a : to assert as true or promise under oath [a sworn affidavit] b : to assert or promise emphatically or earnestly
estoppel
stop up see estop ] 1 : a bar to the use of contradictory words or acts in asserting a claim or right against another ;esp : equitable estoppel in this entry compare waiver equitable estoppel :
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