Questions tagged [legal-terms]
Use this when questioning the meaning of legal terms.
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Why was Trump's hush money payment considered a campaign contribution?
The argument I read online is that it's part of the "catch and kill" process that is used to benefit Trump's campaign and protect his reputation. But, there are other benefits to Trump to ...
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Is there a legal difference between "substantial" and "significant"? (US law)
I am currently studying for the California Bar exam. When I memorize my rule statements I often mix up "substantial" and "significant".
For example, sometimes I say "A ...
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Use creations made by AI tools
Do we have the right to use an image or text or other generated by Google Bard / Gemini / other known AI tool and put it on our site for example?
or do you have to pay for the tool like microsoft / ...
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What determines (commercial) "use" for e-book or online blog?
I've been trying to understand the parameters of what defines "use" of an e-book or a blog. I'm specifically considering the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC license.
Some uses are simple: you can'...
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Probability In Legal Cases - Evidence vs Information
While reading Probability and Statistics books related to Legal cases, I came across usages of two terms - Evidence and Information - that are a bit confusing to me. Specifically, while solving a ...
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Can Merrill 401k Company Legally withhold my 401k from me when it's under $5k total balance? [closed]
I've recently undergone a horrible experience with mess of a failed construction project ending in an architect suing me for a large sum of money for prints that will always be unusable to me. This is ...
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Entities and persons (whether natural or legal)
I'll first set out my understanding as follows but you please correct me as applicable:
I understand that an "individual" is different from an "entity".
An "individual" ...
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Is there a term for making something that is legal but could be used illegally?
I am wondering the legality of making something that is totally legal in itself but if misused by someone is illegal.
An example I found online is self-aiming and shooting paintball guns such as the ...
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What is the writ equivalent of habeas corpus, but for punishments other than detention
Exactly as the title suggests. What is the writ equivalent of habeas corpus, but for punishments other than detention? For example monetary fines, etc.
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How to use "generic color" to describe tertiary colors in gradient logo if filing for color claimed trademark?
With a multicolored gradient logo (not just a two-color gradient) and filing a color logo trademark in the EU, there is a need to describe the colors using "generic" color names.
In such a ...
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How commonly do Anglophone judges abbreviate Claimant to C? Or Plaintiff to P or π?
Traditionally, law students abbreviate Plaintiff to π. Do trustable judges in the Anglosphere do this? After the 1999 Woolf reforms, do British judges abbreviate Claimant to C?
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Is there a legal term or doctrine that prevents one person from having two opposing opinions on the same matter?
Hi I'm just wondering if there is a legal doctrine or legal term that essentially says that one person cannot have two different opinions on the same matter at the same time and have them both hold. ...
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What did Arden LJ mean by "estate", in "legal estate in the shares" of an unlimited corporation?
I am baffled by Arden LJ (as she then was) at para. 59 in Pennington & Anor v Waine & Ors [2002] EWCA Civ 227.
So, too, in Re Rose, Rose v IRC the Court of Appeal held that the beneficial ...
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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.1 (Constitutional Challenge to a Statute)
Can somebody tell me the meaning of the following sub-clauses in FRCP 5.1?
Here is the wording exactly as it appears in the book:
(1) file a notice of constitutional question stating the question and ...
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