Legal words and terms: de novo, death penalty, debtor, debtor in possession, defendant, deportation, discharge in bankruptcy
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Legal Dictionary
Legal Terms by First Letter "D"
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| | de novo
adj. Latin for "anew," which means starting over, as in a trial de novo.
See also: trial de novo. |
| Litigation and Evidence | details | | | death penalty
Also known as capital panishment;
maximum sentence for different kinds of murder, treason, death resulting from aircraft hijacking, and other federal crimes. |
| Criminal Law and Procedure | details | | | debtor
a person or business entity that owes money to another;
A person who has filed a petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code. |
| Bankruptcy Law | details | | | debtor in possession
a person or corporation who has filed a bankruptcy petition but remains in possession of property upon which a creditor has a lien or similar security interest.
Section 1107 of the Bankruptcy Code places the debtor in possession in the pos ... |
| Bankruptcy Law | details | | | defendant
The party that is sued in either civil lawsuite, or has violated criminal statute and now charged with a crime.
In divorce proceeding, a Defendant is called a Respondent. |
| Litigation and Evidence | details | | | deportation
-an administrative procedure of permanent exclusion of a person from the USA against that person's will. If you have been deported, you can not re-enter the United States for at least five years. The country reserves the right to deport a person t ... |
| Immigration Law | details | | | discharge in bankruptcy
Generally it is an order given by the bankruptcy judge, at the conclusion of all legal steps in processing a bankrupt person's assets and debts, which forgives those remaining debts which cannot be paid, with certain exceptions.
A Chapter ... |
| Bankruptcy Law | details |
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