Fender Bender
When two or more vehicles are involved in a low-impact collision with minimal damage.
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When two or more vehicles are involved in a low-impact collision with minimal damage.
The name given to laws requiring motorists to obtain insurance coverage on vehicles driven on state roads.
the court that hears matters relating to members of a family.
the term applied when a certain creditor is favoured over the other creditors.
This term applies to the fair and equitable lien for a going concern that serves as a temporary security.
This a part of the attorney’s fee that is paid to another attorney who is handling the case. See fee splitting.
the insurance company statement that details all of the particulars of an accident.
the action solely used to obtain a court’s opinion on a point of law.
This term applies to the extra benefits an employee receives that is in addition to their wages.
a phrase that means you go from port to port during a voyage at sea.
This means to murder a person with no excuse or justification. It includes suicide.
This term applies to the order or the command that is stated in a law.
This term means to not provide enough evidence that will sustain and win the law suit.
These are the rules that govern all procedures in the district courts in criminal cases.
This term applies to the d deliberate and premeditated killing that goes with rape, burglary and assault.
the term used when a judge explains a law to the jury so they can consider a case with full knowledge.
the term given to a false name and an alias.
the name given to a person needed to testify in court but has run away and becomes a fugitive from justice.
This term applies to suit that is brought on a fictitious or pretended right when a plaintiff knows there is no cause for a suit.
the term given to an adult who will rear another person’s child.
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