Legal words and terms: guaranty, guardian, guardian ad litem, guardianship, guest, guest statute, guilty
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Legal Dictionary
Legal Terms by First Letter "G"
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| guaranty v. and n. an older spelling of guarantee, which the renowned Oxford etymologist Dr. Walter Skeat called a "better spelling" (1882).
See also: guarantee. |
| General Legal Word | details | | guardian n. a person who has been appointed by a judge to take care of a minor child or incompetent adult (both called "ward") personally and/or manage that person's affairs. |
| Family Law | details | | guardian ad litem n. a person appointed by the court only to take legal action on behalf of a minor or an adult not able to handle his/her own affairs. Duties may include filing a lawsuit for an injured child, defending a lawsuit or filing a claim against an estate. |
| Family Law | details | | guardianship A Court-ordered relationship between a person (called a Guardian) who has been appointed to care for the financial (Guardian of the Estate) and/or personal (Guardian of the Person) matters of another (called a Ward). |
| Elder Law and Estate Planning | details | | guest n. 1) in general, a person paying to stay in a hotel, motel or inn for a short time. 2) a person staying at another's residence without charge, called a "social guest." |
| General Legal Word | details | | guest statute n. a state law which sets standards of care by the driver of a car to a non-paying passenger. Although state laws vary, the basic concept is that the social passenger can bring suit for negligence against the driver for gross negligence only if the d ... |
| Torts (Civil Wrong) | details | | guilty adj. having been convicted of a crime or having admitted the commission of a crime by pleading "guilty" (saying you did it). A defendant may also be found guilty by a judge after a plea of "no contest," |
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