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Glossary Terms

A

• Ad Litem
• Additur
• Adminstrative Agency
• Administrative Hearing
• Amendment
• Amicus Curae
• Answer
• Appeal
• Appellate
• Asbestos Attorney

B

• Bad Faith
• Bench Trial
• Beneficiary
• Best Evidence Rule
• Breach
• Breach of Duty
• Breach of Trust
• Breach of Warranty
• Burden of Proof
• Bystander

C

• Cause
• Cause of Action
• Caveat
• Circumstantial Evidence
• Collateral Source Rule
• Complainant
• Complaint
• Contingent/Contingency Fee
• Corroborating Evidence

D

• Damages
• De Novo
• Decedent
• Decree
• Defendant
• Deliberate
• Demurrer
• Deposition
• Directed Verdict
• Disbursement
• Discovery
• Dismissal
• Do-Not-Resuscitate Order
• Due Diligence
• Durable Power of Attorney

E

• Estate
• Estoppel
• Exemplary / Punitive Damages
• Exhibit
• Expert Witness

F

• Fact Question
• Fiduciary
• File a Lawsuit

G

• Gross Negligence

H

• Hearing
• Hearsay

I

• In Camera
• Interrogatory

J

• Joint and Several Liability
• Judgment
• Judgment Not Withstanding the Verdict
• Judicial Notice
• Jurisdiction

L

• Last Will and Testament
• Lawsuit
• Leading Question
• Legal Cause
• Liability
• Liberal Construction
• Living Will
• Loss of Consortium

M

• Malfeasance
• Mitigating Circumstances
• Motion

N

• Negligence
• Negligence Per Se
• Nonfeasance
• Nuncupative Will

O

• Occupational Disease
• Out-of-Court Settlement

P

• Paralegal
• Party
• Personal Injury
• Personal Representative
• Petition
• Plaintiff
• Pleading
• Power of Attorney
• Preponderance of the Evidence
• Prima Facie
• Probate
• Product Identification
• Product Liability
• Proximate Cause

R

• Reasonable Care
• Recovery
• Remedies
• Remittitur
• Reply
• Request for Production
• Retainer

S

• Settlement
• Several Liability
• Severance
• Standard of Care
• Statute of Limitations
• Strict Construction
• Sue
• Summons
• Survivor Action

T

• Tort
• Trial Calendar

V

• Verdict

W

• Wrongful Death Action
• Wrongful Death Statute

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