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Section 7 Legal Vocabulary
Week 15
20
Court Reporting
Not Applicable
12/10/2009

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Term
actio commodati contraria
Definition
Action by borrower against lender, to compel the execution of the contract.
Term
actio commodati directa
Definition
Action by a lender against a borrower, to obtain restitution of the thing lent.
Term
betrothment
Definition
Mutual promise between a man and woman to marry at a future time.
Term
de minis
Definition
Writ of threats where one is threatened, that compels offender to keep the peace.
Term
exile
Definition
Banishment; the person banished.
Term
flagrante delicto
Definition
In the very act of committing the crime.
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monogamy
Definition
Marriage of one wife only, or the state of such as are restrained to a single wife.
Term
panel
Definition
A list of jurors to serve in a particular court, or for the trial of a particular action.
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payment
Definition
The fulfillment of a promise, or the performance of an agreement.
Term
polyandry
Definition
The civil condition of having more husbands than one to the same woman.
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polygamy
Definition
The offense of having several wives or husbands at the same time.
Term
pro bono et malo
Definition
For good and ill; for advantage and detriment.
Term
procurement
Definition
The act of obtaining, attainment, acquisition, bringing about, effecting.
Term
reinstatement
Definition
Restoration of insured's rights under a policy which has lapsed or been canceled.
Term
relinquishment
Definition
A forsaking, abandoning, renouncing, or giving over of a right.
Term
roster
Definition
A roll or list of persons.
Term
secret
Definition
Concealed; hidden; not made public.
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sole
Definition
Single; individual; separate; the opposite of joint.
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vacant
Definition
Empty; unoccupied.
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vague
Definition
Indefinite; uncertain; not susceptible of being understood.
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