Ping Pong - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: ping pongPing pong ball
the small hollow celluloid ball used for the game of ping pong...
ping pong
An indoor modification of lawn tennis played with small bats or battledores and a very light hollow celluloid ball on a large table divided across the middle by a net Also called table tennis...
eavesdrop
eavesdrop eaves·dropped eaves·drop·ping : to listen secretly to what is being said in private without the consent of the speaker compare bug, wiretap eaves·drop·per n ...
entrap
entrap en·trapped en·trap·ping : to cause (a person) to commit a crime by means of undue persuasion, encouragement, or fraud in order to later prosecute [police him into violating the literal terms of a criminal statute "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] ...
estop
estop es·topped es·top·ping [Anglo-French estop(p)er, literally, to stop up, from Middle French estouper, ultimately from Latin stuppa hemp fiber (used for plugging holes)] : to impede or bar by estoppel ...
kidnap
kidnap kid·napped or: kid·naped [-napt] kid·nap·ping or: kid·nap·ing [-na-pi] [probably back-formation from kidnapper, from kid child + obsolete napper thief] : to seize and confine or carry away by force or fraud and often with a demand for ransom kid·nap·per or kid·nap·er [-na-pər] n ...
stop
stop stopped stop·ping vt 1 : to cause to halt [stopped payment] 2 : to subject to a legal stop vi : to cease activity or motion n : an act or instance of stopping ;specif : a temporary detention that constitutes a limited seizure of a person for the purpose of inquiry or investigation and that must be based on reasonable suspicion see also terry stop compare arrest ...
tip
tip 1 : information provided to the police or authorities regarding crime 2 : a piece of inside information esp. of advantage in securities trading vt tipped tip·ping : to provide a tip to or about often used with off tip·per n ...
trust
trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting from the establishment of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed out of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary and trustee (who may be the settlor), an identified res, or property, to be transferred to the trustee and constitute the principal of the trust, and delivery of the res to the trustee with the intent to create a trust. Not all relationships labeled as trusts have all of these characteristics, however. Trusts are often created for their advantageous tax treatment. accumulation trust : a trust in which principal and income are allowed to accumulate rather than being paid out NOTE: Accumulation trusts are disfavored and often restricted...
wiretap
wiretap -tapped -tap·ping vi : to engage in wiretapping [had probable cause to ] vt : to interpret through wiretapping [a wiretapped telephone conversation] ;also : to connect to the telephone line of for the purpose of wiretapping [wiretapped her home] compare bug, eavesdrop n 1 : an act or instance of wiretapping [we have held previously that s are a form of a search "Whack v. State, 615 A.2d 1226 (1992)"] 2 : an electrical connection for wiretapping compare pen register ...
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