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Authorization

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  1. The act of authorizing.
  2. Permission or power granted by an authority; sanction.
  3. A legislative act, document, etc., that authorizes.
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Disbursement

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Fund paid out (Miscellaneous expenses other than lawyer fees and court costs (i.e. filing fees)

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Prejudice

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A leaning toward one side of a cause for some reason other than a conviction of its justice.

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Confidentiality

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not to be disclosed, not to be quoted

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Precedent

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A court decision that is cited as an example or analogy to resolve similar questions of law in later cases

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Deponent

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An individual who, under oath or affirmation, gives out-of-court testimony in a deposition. A deponent is someone who gives evidence or acts as a witness.

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Ledger

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The principal book of accounts of a business enterprise in which all the daily transactions are entered under appropriate headings to reflect the debits and credits of each account. _____________________________
Information that is contained in a ledger can be admitted into evidence in a lawsuit pursuant to the business record exception of the Hearsay rule.

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Barrister

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A barrister is a counselor who is learned in law and who has been admitted to plead at the bar. A barrister drafts the pleadings in all cases, with the exception of the simplest ones.

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Solicitor

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A type of practicing lawyer in England who handles primarily office work

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Lawyer

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a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law

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Attorney

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is a person who is a member of the legal profession

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Instruments

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A formal or legal written document; a document in writing, such as a deed, lease, bond, contract, or will.

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Affidavit

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a declaration in writing made upon oath before a person authorized

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Acknowledgement

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A recognition of something as being factual.

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Recital

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An account or description of some fact

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Disciplinary

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To punish, correct or instruct

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Endorsement

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An amendment to an insurance policy; a rider

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Et al.

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And other persons

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Fiduciary

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A person who required to act for the benefit of another person on all matters within the cope of their relationship

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Testimonium

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Witness – evidence

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Attestation

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The act of attending the execution of a document and bearing witness to its authenticity, by signing one’s name to it to affirm that it is genuine.

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Statutory

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Of or relating to legislation

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Jurat

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A certification added to an affidavit or deposition stating when and before what authority the affidavit or deposition stating when and before what authority the affidavit or deposition was made

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Authenticate

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To prove the guenuineness of

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Privilege
A special legal right, exemption or immunity granted to a person or class of person
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Statute
A law passed by a legislative body
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Citation
A court issued write that commands a person to appear at a certain time an place to do something denuded in a writ
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Terminology
An expression, word, or phrase that has a fixed and known meaning in a particular art, science, or profession. A specified period of time
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Schedule
A written list or inventory, a statement that is attached to a document and gives a detailed showing of this matters referred to in the document
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Omission
A failure to do something
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Declaration
A formal statement, proclamation, or announcement
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Counsel
Advise or assistance
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Council
A deliberative assembly
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Execution
The act of carrying out or putting into effect
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Peruse
to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study verb analyze, browse, check, con, conduct reeearch on, consider, contemplate, delve into, devote oneeelf to, examine, explore, feel out, glance over …
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Secretary
Administrative assistant
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Notaries Public
A person authorized by a state to administer oath, certify documents, attest authonticy of signature and perform official act in commercial matters
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Declarant
One who has made a statement
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Queen’s Counsel/ Q.C
In united Kingdom, Canada, and territories that have retained the rank, an elite , senior level barrister or advocate.
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Case Law
Legal principles enunciated and embodied in judicial decisions that are derived from the application of particular areas of law to the facts of individual cases.
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Commissioner
A person who directs a commission, a member of a commission
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Dockets
A formal record in which a judge or court clerk briefly notes all the proceeding in a court
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Due Date
The particular day on or before which something must be done to comply with law or contractual obligation
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E. & O.E.
E&OE is an initialism standing for errors and omissions excepted.[1] The phrase is used in an attempt to reduce legal liability for incorrect or incomplete information supplied in a contractually related document such as a quotation or specification
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Retainer
A client’s authorization for a lawyer to act in a case
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Direction
The course taken in relation to the point toward or away from which something or someone is moving
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Undertaking
A promise, pledge or engagement
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Promissory Note
An unconditional written promise signed by the maker to pay absolutely and in any event a certain sum of money either to, or to the order of, the bearer or a designated person.
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Statutory Declaration
Law a declaration made under statutory authority before a justice of the peace or commissioner for oaths which may in certain cases be substituted for a statement on oath
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Notarial Copy
A facsimile of a document which has been examined by a Notary Public and certified to be an accurate reproduction of the original.
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Power of Attorney
An instrument granting someone authority to act as agent or attorney-in-fact for the grantor

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