Legal Terms

4. The act of uniting parties or causes of action to a lawsuit.
6. To list or enroll the jurors who have been selected for a trial.
7. The process by which a deceased person’s property goes to the state if no heir can be found.
9. gift A gift made in a will to a person who has died prior to the will-maker’s death.
11. To force someone to act against his or her wishes, through the use of verbal or physical threats or other forms of compulsion.
13. The lowest number of qualifying people needed for a meeting to be able to make a decision.
14. To voluntarily give up a legal right or claim.
16. Statements made by witnesses who have taken an oath or affirmed that they tell the truth.
17. Unimportant; not serious; lacking in substance.
18. Spoken defamation which tends to injure a person's reputation.

1. A trail that has been made invalid.
2. A complaint; an allegation that someone has committed some injury or injustice that deserves recompense.
3. In anti-trust law, a remedy in which the court orders a defendant to sell off assets and property.
5. Antagonistic; acting like an enemy.
8. opportunity given to a defending party to respond to and refute the arguments presented by the presenting the case.
10. alleged; supposed; reputed.
12. Someone who helps another person to commit a crime.
15. Burden, a duty of responsibility.
19. A lawyer, usually a solicitor, who is authorized to certify documents, take affidavits and swear oaths.