Personal Injury Legal Glossary, abstract of title, affidavit, agreement, bench warrant, beneficiary

Abstract of Title
Accomplice
Acknowledgment
Acquit
Action
Additur
Adjudication
Ad Litem
Administrative Agency
Administrative Hearing
Administrator
Admissible evidence
Adversary Proceeding
Affiant
Affidavit
Agreement
Aid and Abet
Allegation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Amicus Curiae
Appeal
Appearance
Appellate Court
Arbitration
Arbitrator
Arraignment
Arrest
Assault
Assumption of the Risk
Attorney-Client Privilege
Attorney-in-Fact
Attorney of Record
Bad faith
Bail
Bail Bond
Bailiff
Bankruptcy
Bar
Bar Examination
Battery
Bench
Bench Trial or Non-jury Trial
Bench Warrant
Beneficiary
Bequeath
Bequests
Best Evidence
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Bill of Particulars
Binding Authority
Bind Over
Booking
Breach of Contract
Brief
Burden of Proof or Standard of Proof
Bystander
Calendar
Capacity Defense
Capital crime
Caption
Case Law
Casualty
Cause
Causation
Cause of Action
Caveat
Certification
Certiorari
Challenge
Challenge for Cause
Chambers
Change of Venue
Charge to the Jury
Chief Judge
Circumstantial Evidence
Citation
Civil Actions
Civil Action
Civil Law
Civil Procedure
Claim Petition
Class Action
Clear and Convincing Evidence
Clemency or Executive Clemency
Closing Argument
Codicil (kod'i-sil)
Co-Defendant
Collateral Source Rule
Commit
Common Law
Commutation
Comparative Negligence
Compensation
Complaint
Complainant
Compromise and Release
Conciliation
Concurrent Sentences
Condemnation
Consecutive Sentences
Conservatorship
Contempt of Court
Continuance
Contract
Contingent Fee Agreement
Contributory Negligence
Conviction
Corpus Delicti
Corroborating Evidence
Counsel
Counterclaim
Court Administrator/Clerk of court
Court
Court Costs
Court Reporter
Criminal Law
Cross-Claim
Cross-Examination
Cumulative Sentences
Custody
Damages
Decedent
Decision
Declaratory Judgment
Decree
Defamation
Default
Default Judgment
Defendant
Demurrer
De Novo
Deposition
Deponent
Descent and Distribution Statutes
Dicta
Directed Verdict
Direct Evidence
Direct Examination
Disability
Disbarment
Disclaim
Discovery
Disfigurement
Dismissal with Prejudice
Dismissal
Dissent
Diversion
Docket
Doctrine of avoidable consequences or mitigation of damages
Domicile
Double Jeopardy
Dram shop
Dram Shop Act
Due Process of Law
Duty
Elements of a Crime
Eminent Domain
Emotional Distress
Employee Verification Form
En Banc
Enjoining
Entrapment
Equal Protection of the Law
Equitable Remedies
Equity
Error
Escheat (es-chet)
Escrow
Estate
Estate Tax
Estoppel
Et al
Evidence
Exemplary Damages or Punitive Damages
Exempt Property
Exceptions
Exclusionary Rule
Execute
Executor
Exhibit
Exonerate
Expert
Ex Parte
Ex Parte Proceeding
Ex Post Facto
Extenuating Circumstances
Expungement
Extradition
Fact Question
Family Allowance
Family Practitioner
Felony
Fiduciary
File
Final Receipt
Final Judgment
Finding
First Appearance
First Party Benefits
Fracture
Fraud
Full Tort Option
Garnishment
General Jurisdiction
Good Time
Grand Jury
Grantor or Settlor
Gross Negligence
Guardian
Guardianship
Habeas Corpus
Harmless Error
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
Hearing
Hearsay
Hemorrhagic Stroke
HMO Negligence
Homeowner's Insurance
Hostile Witness
Hung Jury
Hurt on the Job
Immunity
Impaneling
Impeach
Impeachment of a Witness
Incarcerate
Inadmissible
In Camera
In Camera Inspection
In Camera Proceedings
Indemnify
Independent Executor
Indeterminate Sentence
Indictment
Indigent
Information
Informed Consent
In Forma Pauperis
Infraction
Inheritance Tax
Initial Appearance
Injunction
In Propria Persona
Instructions
Intangible Assets
Intentional Inflication of Emotional Distress
Interlocutory
Interrogatories
Intervention
Inter Vivos Gift
Inter Vivos Trust
Intestacy Laws
Intestate
Intestate Succession
Invitee
Irrevocable Trust
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Ischemic Colitis
Issue
Joint and Several Liability
Joint Tenancy
Judge
Judgment
Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict (n.o.v.)
Judicial
Judicial Notice
Judicial Review
Jurisdiction
Jurisprudence
Jury
Jury Commissioner
Justiciable
Lapsed Gift
Larceny
Law
Law Clerks
Lawsuit or Suit
Leading Case
Leading Question
Legal Aid
Legal Cause
Legal Fiction
Leniency
Letters of Administration
Letters Testamentary
Liability
Liable
Libel
Liberal construction
Licensee
Lien
Limine
Limited tort option
Limited Jurisdiction
Litigant
Living Trust
Loss of consortuium
Negligence
Negligence per se
Next Friend
Nisi Decree
Nonfeasance
No Bill
No-Contest Clause
No-Fault Proceedings
Non-Jury Trial or Bench Trial
Non-Moving Party
Nolle Prosequi
Nolo Contendere
Notice
Nuisance
Nunc Pro Tunc
Nuncupative Will
Oath
Obiter Dictum
Objection
Occupational Disease
On a Person's Own Recognizance
Opening Statement
Opinion
Oral Argument
Order
Ordinance
Original jurisdication
Out-of-Court Settlement
Overrule
Pardon
Parens Patriae
Parole
Party
Partial Disability
Patent
Peremptory Challenge
Perjury
Permanent Injunction
Person
Personal Property
Personal Jurisdiction
Personal Recognizance
Personal Representative
Person in Need of Supervision
Petition
Petitioner
Petition to Terminate, Modify or Suspend Benefits
Plaintiff
Plea
Plead
Plea Bargaining or Plea Negotiating
Pleading
Pleadings
Polling the Jury
Possessor of Land
Pour-Over Will
Power of Attorney
Precedent
Preliminary Hearing
Pre-Injunction
Preponderance of the Evidence
Presumptively Capable of Negligence
Pre-Sentence Report
Presentment
Pretermitted Child
Pre-Trial Conference
Prevailing Party
Prima Facie
Prima Facie Case
Primary Care Physician (PCP)
Privileged Communication
Probable Cause
Probate
Probate Court
Probate Estate
Probation
Procedural Law
Process Serving
Products Liability
Promulgate
Property Damage Liability Coverage
Pro Bono
Pro Bono Publico
Pro Se
Prosecutor
Proximate Cause
Public Defender
Punitive Damages or Exemplary Damages
Purchaser
Quash
Question of Fact
Question of Law
Reasonable Care
Remand
Remedies
Respondent
Search Warrant
Secured Debt
Self-Defense
Self-Incrimination, Privilege Against
Self-Proving Will
Sentence
Sentence Report
Sequester
Sequestration of Witnesses
Service
Settlement
Settlor
Several Liability
Severance of Actions
Service of Process
Show Cause Order
Sidebar
Slander
Small Claims Court
Social Host Liability
Sovereign Immunity
Special Jurisdiction
Specific Loss
Specific Performance
Spendthrift Trust
Spoliation
Stack or Stacking
Standard of Care
Standard of Proof or Burden of Proof
Standing
Stare Decisis
Status Offenders
Statute
Statute of Limitations
Statutory Construction
Statutory Law
Stay
Strict Construction
Strict Liability
Stroke
Stipulation
Strike
Sua Sponte
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Subornation of Perjury
Subpoena
Subpoena Duces Tecum
Subrogation
Substantive law
Sue
Suit or Lawsuit
Summary Judgment
Summons
Supplier of Goods
Supplemental Agreement
Support Trust
Suppress
Surety Bond
Survival Action
Survival Statutes
Survivorship
Sustain
Tangible Personal Property Memorandum (TPPM)
Temporary Relief
Temporary Restraining Order
Technical Errors
Testamentary Capacity
Testamentary Trust
Testator
Testimony
Third Party
Third Party Benefit
Third Party Lawsuit
Third Party litigation
Third-Party Claim
Thrombotic Stroke
Tipstaff
Title
Tort
Tort-Feasor
Tortious
Total Disability
Transcript
Traumatic Brain Injury
Trespasser
Trial
Trial Calendar
Trial Court
Trust
Trust Agreement or Declaration
Trustee
Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Undue Influence
Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Unlawful Detainer
Unsecured
User
Usury
Vacate
Venire
Venue
Verdict
Vicarious Liability
Void
Voir Dire
Waiver
Waiver of Immunity
Warrant
Will
Willful Negligence
Without Prejudice
With Prejudice
Witness
Workers' Compensation
Writ
Writ of Certiorari
Wrongful Death Action
Wrongful Death Statute
Wrongful Death Statutes

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