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challenge

[ the regulations] ;esp : to make a challenge to (a trier of fact) [the grounds for challenging prospective jurors "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] compare recuse n 1 : a calling into question

voir dire

witness's expert testimony after a voir dire by the attorney] ;esp : the act or process of questioning prospective jurors to determine which are qualified (as by freedom from bias) and suited for service on a jury

prospectus

prospectus pl: -tus·es [-tə-səz] : a preliminary printed statement describing a business or other enterprise and distributed to prospective buyers, investors, or participants ;specif : a description of a new security issue supplied to prospective purchasers and

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Damages

consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable damages, pecuniary damages, prospective damages, special damages, speculative damages, substantial damages, unliquidated damages. But the essentials are (a) detriment to one by

Candidate

as from the time when, with the election in prospect, he began to hold himself out as a prospective candidate, Jyoti Basu v. Debi Ghosal (1982) 1 SCC 691: AIR 1982 SC 983: (1982) 2 SCR 318.

Retrospective

Looking backward contemplating things past opposed to prospective as a retrospective view

Vested

not subject to be defeated by a condition precedent. 'Rights are 'vested' when right to enjoyment, present or prospective, has become property of some particular person or persons as present interest; mere expectancy of future benefits, or

To stand or not to stand as a candidate

as from the time when, with the election in prospect, he began to hold himself out as a prospective candidate. The first part of the definition requires that in order to be a candidate a person should

Key money

from a new tenant in exchange for a key to the leased property (2) Payment made by a prospective tenant to a landlord or current tenant to increase the chance of obtaining a lease in an area

Earnest money

SC 1787 (1793). [Transfer of Property Act, 1882, s. 55(6)(b)] A deposit paid (usu in escrow) by a prospective buyer (esp. of real estate) to show a good faith intention to complete the transactions and ordinarily forfeited

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