law

Violence committed in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation.

To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.

(Australian rhyming slang) To rape.

A written instrument, such as a deed, temporarily deposited with a neutral third party (the escrow agent), by the agreement of two parties to a valid contract. The escrow agent will deliver the document to the benefited party when the conditions of the contract have been met. The depositor has no control over the instrument in escrow.

One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.

A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.

Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.

To be witness of the authenticity of a document and its accompanying signatures in one's capacity as notary public

The act of conceding.

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.

To make ineligible for something.

An issue that has already been decided by another court, and therefore must be dismissed.

An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator.

An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.

An organization whose members belong to the same trade and that acts collectively to address common issues.

To transfer ownership of, especially by means of a legal document.