List Of Basic Legal Terms
1. ad valorem: - According to the value; in proportion to value.
2. air rights: - Rights to use the air above land; air rights accompany land ownership of land, with some limitations, e.g., a landowner has the right to recover damages from airlines that interfere with his or her use of the land, but is not allowed to pollute the air.
3. Aleatory: - Random, uncertain, depending on chance.
4. Anton Piller: - order: an order by the High Court. It gives the applicant permission to search the defendant's premises for evidence, inspect it and take it away. It is intended to prevent evidence being destroyed or hidden which would be relevant to the case. (Since April 1999, this has been known as a 'search order'.)
5. Bailiwick: - the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction.
6. Bona vacantia: - goods or an estate belonging to nobody.
7. Cartel: - an agreement between businesses to restrict competition and keep prices high.
8. Caveat: - a warning.
9. Chattel: - any property except freehold land.
10. Corpus delicti: - Is the body of a person who has been killed unlawfully; or the facts which make up an offense.
11. Euthanasia: -killing someone to end their suffering.
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