Letters K&L Legal Terms

Kindred: includes all relatives of a deceased person.

Larceny: non-forceful theft.

Legal custody: the right and duty to raise a child that is usually shared by both parents.

Legal risk placement: a type of adoption that is not guaranteed. Adoptive parents "adopt" the child before the child is born and if the birth mother decides to keep the baby after birth, the adoptive parents must relent.

Lewd: any behavior that is considered offensive and indecent. Some examples include: pornography and indecent exposure.

Lex loci: "The law of the place" which means the local law.

Liability: something for which a person is liable or responsible for like debt.

Liquid assets: Company items that can be changed to cash easily and quickly.

Living will: A legal document stating the author's wishes for life-prolonging treatments and health procedures when the author is unable to communicate their wishes.

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Letter J Legal Terms

Jurisdiction: The authority of the court to hear and decide the outcome of the case.

Jury Nullification: The jury's decision to acquit a defendant who has committed a violation of the law that the jury finds to be unlawful and wrong.

Joint Tenancy: A method allowing for two individuals to share ownership of property or real estate.

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Letters H&I Legal Terms

Hearing: In the trial court context, a legal proceeding held before a judge. During a hearing, evidence and arguments are presented in an effort to resolve a disputed factual or legal issue. Hearings typically, but by no means always, occur prior to trial when a party asks the judge to decide a specific issue--often on an interim basis. In the administrative or agency law context, a hearing is usually a proceeding before an administrative hearing officer or judge representing an agency that has the power to regulate a particular field or oversee a governmental benefit program. For example, the Federal Aviation Board (FAB) has the authority to hold hearings on airline safety, and a state Worker's Compensation Appeals Board has the power to rule on the appeals of people whose applications for benefits have been denied.

Indispensable party: A person or entity that must be included in a lawsuit in order for the court to render a final judgment that will be just to everyone concerned.

Injunction: A court decision that is intended to prevent harm--often irreparable harm--as distinguished from most court decisions, which are designed to provide a remedy for harm that has already occurred. Injunctions are orders that one side refrain from or stop certain actions. Injunctions can be temporary; pending a consideration of the issue later at trial (these are called interlocutory decrees or preliminary injunctions). Judges can also issue permanent injunctions at the end of trials, in which a party may be permanently prohibited from engaging in some conduct--for example, infringing a copyright or trademark or making use of illegally obtained trade secrets. Although most injunctions order a party not to do something, occasionally a court will issue a "mandatory injunction" to order a party to carry out a positive act--for example, return stolen computer code.

Inure: To take effect, or to benefit someone. In property law, the term means "to vest.

Issue: A term generally meaning all your children and their children down through the generations, including grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on.

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