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phenomena of nature.
6-INSTANCE: Application,
document that is presented in order
to make a request.
31-AFFIRMED – In appellate
courts, it means that the decision
of the trial court is correct.
36-ANONYMOUS – When
someone's name is kept secret.
37-ATTORNEY–IN–FACT – A private person (who
is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by
someone to act in his or her place, either for
some particular purpose, or for the transaction
of business in general. This authority is given in
writing, called a power of attorney.
40-BAILMENTS – A delivery of
goods from one person to
another in trust for purpose of
carrying out agreed upon
services.
41-BANKRUPT – The state or
condition of a person who is
unable to pay his or her debts
when they are due
46-BRANDISHING A WEAPON –
Showing a weapon to another
person, typically the police or the
victim.
54-CHATTEL – A piece of
personal property.
62-COERCION – Compulsion;
constraint; compelling by force
or arms or threat.
64-COMMUTATION – The
reduction of a sentence, such as
from death to life imprisonment.
65-CONFISCATE – To seize or
take private property for
public use (the police took the
weapon).
66-CONSERVATOR – Someone
picked by the court to either
take care of someone who can't
take care of themselves (called
a "CONSERVATEE") or take care
of that person's property , or
both.
67-CONSIDERATION – The
cause, price, or impelling
influence which makes a party
enter into a contract.
75-DISCRIMINATION – An act
which confers particular
privileges on a class arbitrarily
selected.
78-EMANCIPATION – A legal
way for children to become
adults before they are 18. Once
a child is emancipated, his or
her parents don't have custody
or control of him or her
anymore.