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nolo contendere plea
plea may not be used against the defendant as an admission in a related civil case. Source: Federal Judicial Center
mortgage
mortgage that burdens all present and future property home equity conversion mortgage : reverse mortgage in this entry judicial mortgage in the civil law of Louisiana : a mortgage lien that secures a judgment debt and is
mootness doctrine
mootness doctrine : a doctrine in judicial procedure: a court will not hear or decide a moot case unless it includes an issue that is
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litigate
from lit-, lis lawsuit + agere to drive] vi : to seek resolution of a legal contest by judicial process [chose to rather than settle] vt : to make the subject of a suit [ a claim]
open court
open court 1 : a recorded judicial proceeding that is presided over by a judge and attended by the parties and their attorneys and that
limited public forum
open forum, public forum NOTE: The restriction of a limited public forum must be able to withstand strict judicial scrutiny of its effect on First Amendment rights.
lien
: a lien acquired against the property of a debtor by a creditor upon obtaining a favorable judgment judicial lien : a lien obtained by a legal or equitable process (as judgment, levy, attachment, or execution) ju·nior
legal separation
arrangements (as for maintenance and custody) are ordered by the court called also divorce a mensa et thoro judicial separation separation from bed and board
legal name
been declared the person's name by a court NOTE: If a person seeks to change a name by judicial process, the court may not deny the change absent any indication of a fraudulent purpose. In some states,
legal
law [a certainty] d : created by operation of esp. statutory law [ incompetence] [a presumption] compare conventional, judicial e : established by law [the test for mental capacity] 3 : conforming to or permitted by law
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