LEGAL DICTIONARY

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A

Abatement

Addendum

ADR

Advance Directive

Adverse Selection

Affiant

Agent

Alimony

Amendment

Annulment

Application Deposit

Appraiser

Arbitration

Articles of Incorporation (AOI)

Articles of Organization

Asset

Assignment

At-Will Employment

Attorney

Attorney General

Attorney in Fact

B

Bankruptcy

Base Rent Date

Bearer

Bigamy

Bill of Exchange

Bill of Sale

Binding Contract

Blue Pencil Rule

Breach of Contract

Bundle of Rights

Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

Business Model

Business Plan

Business Strategy

Bylaws

C

Cease and Desist

Certificate of Title

Chargeback

Child Assent

Codicil

Cohabitation

Common Law

Common-Law Marriage

Compensation

Competent

Complaint Letter

Confidentiality

Conservatorship

Consideration

Constructive Eviction

Contingency Clause

Contingent

Contract

Contract Amendment

Contract Clause

Contract for Deed

Contract Law

Conveyance

Corporation

Cosigner

Credit Memo

D

Deed

Defamation

Demand

Deputy

Divorce

Divorce Decree

DMCA Notice

DMV

Doing Business As (DBA)

Double Indemnity

Durable Power of Attorney

Duty of Care

E

E-Will

Easement

EIN Number

Emancipated Minor

Employee

Employer

Enforceable Contract

Escheatment

Estate

Estate Planning

Et al.

Eviction

Ex Parte

Executor of a Will

Executory Contract

F

Fiduciary

Financial Planning

Forcible Entry and Detainer

Foreclosure

G

Gift Deed

Grantor

Guarantor

Guardianship

H

Hearsay

Heir

HIPAA

Holdover Tenants

I

Identity Theft

Incapacitated

Incorporation

Indemnity

Insolvency

Intellectual Property

Intestacy

IOU

Irrevocable Trust

J

Jurisdiction

Justice of the Peace

L

Landlord

Larceny

Lawyer

Lease

Legal Caregiver

Legal Guardian

Legal Separation

Legal Structure of a Business

Legality

Letter of Acceptance

Letter of Intent (LIO)

Liability

Libel

Lien

Limited Liability Company (LLC)

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)

Living Trust

Living Will

LLC Tax Classification

Loan

M

Medical Consent

Medical Power of Attorney

Minor Child

Mortgage

Mutual Assent

N

Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

Notary

Notice Period

O

Obligor

Odometer Statement

P

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Partnership

Patent

Pour-Over Will

Power of Attorney

Prenup

Principal

Privity of Contract

Pro Forma

Probate

Process Server

Promissory Note

Provision

Q

Quitclaim Deed

R

Real Estate

Real Estate Attorney

Recapture Clause

Recipient

Reconveyance of Deed

Red Flag Law

Registered Agent

Rent Gouging

Rent to Own

Rent Withholding

Resignation

Retainer Fee

Retirement Benefits

Reverse Mortgage

Right of Redemption

Right of Survivorship

S

S Corporation

S-Signature

Security Deposit

Self-Employed

Service Agreement

Signature Loan

Simple Will

Slander

Small Claims Court

Smart Contracts

Sole Proprietorship

Squatters

Stakeholder

Statute of Fraud

Statutory Employee

Statutory Law

Statutory Right

Student Loan

Sworn Statement

T

Tenant

Tenant Screening

Trade Secret

Trademark

Trust

Trust Fund

U

Under Contract

Under Oath

Uniform Partnership Act (UPA)

Unlawful Detainer

Usury

V

Venture Capital

Verbal Contract

W

Warranty Deed

Will

Witness

Writ of Possession

Writ of Restitution

Wrongful Termination

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