Plea - Law Dictionary Search Results
initiative
: the right to initiate legislative action b : a procedure enabling a specified number of voters by petition to propose a law and secure its submission to the electorate or to the legislature for approval see
insider preference
bankruptcy to an insider made more than ninety days prior to but within one year of the bankruptcy petition
involuntary bankruptcy
involuntary bankruptcy : bankruptcy declared upon petition of creditors see also bankruptcy
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issuable
to contest, debate, or litigation [an fact] ;also : made on the merits and subject to dispute [an plea] [an defense] 2 : authorized for issue [bonds under the merger terms]
judicial confession
judicial confession : a confession made in a legal proceeding (as in a trial) [a guilty plea supported by a judicial confession]
letter
deficiency NOTE: A taxpayer has 90 days from the date of the mailing of the 90-day letter to petition for a redetermination of the deficiency in the U.S. Tax Court. no-action letter : a letter from an
Copy, true copy
could possibly mislead a reasonable person to understand and meet the charges/allegations made against him in the election petition. Indeed a copy which differs in material particulars from the original cannot be treated as a true copy
nonability
nonability pl: -ties : lack of legal capacity ;also : a plea or exception raising lack of legal capacity
former jeopardy
former jeopardy 1 : a common-law plea in bar of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict 2 : double jeopardy
nunc pro tunc
date, or takes place after a deadline has expired [a nunc pro tunc order] [permitted to file the petition nunc pro tunc]
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