Legal Terms by First Letter E - Legal Dictionary - legal glossary - legal terminology - legal words - legal abbreviations - legal jargon
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Legal Dictionary
Legal Terms by First Letter "E"
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| express adj. direct, unambiguous, distinct language, particularly in a contract, which does not require thought, guessing, inference or implication to determine the meaning. |
| General Legal Word | details | | express contract n. a contract in which all elements are specifically stated (offer, acceptance, consideration), and the terms are stated, as compared to an "implied" contract in which the existence of the contract is assumed by the circumstances.
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| Contract Law | details | | expropriation n. a taking of property or rights by governmental authority such as eminent domain, possibly including an emergency situation, such as taking a person's truck or bulldozer to build a levee during a flood. In such a case just compensation eventually m ... |
| Personal property | details | | extension n. granting of a specific amount of extra time to make a payment, file a legal document after the date due or continue a lease after the original expiration of the term. |
| Court Issues | details | | extenuating circumstances n. surrounding factors (sometimes called mitigation) which make a crime appear less serious, less aggravated or without criminal intent, and thus warranting a more lenient punishment or lesser charge (manslaughter rather than murder, for example). |
| Criminal Law and procedure | details | | extinguishment n. the cancellation or destruction of a right, quite often because the time for enforcement has passed. Example: waiting more than four years after the due date to make a demand for payment on a promissory note wipes out the person's right to collect ... |
| General Legal Word | details | | extortion n. obtaining money or property by threat to a victim's property or loved ones, intimidation, or false claim of a right (such as pretending to be an IRS agent). |
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