Glossary of legal terms

Our glossary of legal terms lets you find the terms and definitions that are commonly used in legal matters. Use the form below to find a term.

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Illicit

Not allowed, illegal

Impotence

Impotence refers to the men that are not able to have or keep an erection of the penis.

Income tax

A tax payed to the country assessed on gain made by individuals or firms.

Inheritance

Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

Injury

Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes to be harmfull

INS

Immigration and Naturalization Service: a institution that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States

Insurance

A contract in which the person that is insured payes a insurance fee monthly and in case something happens to him or to the objects he insurres, he gets a larger amount of money back then what he ...

Interest

The interest is the commission you pay to the bank or to your creditor in order to lend you the money. The interest rate represents the annual amount of money that is added to your debt. When you ...

Inventory

A list of the property held by a person at the time of his death; usefull to solve the will problem.

Invest

A formal way to give power or authority to someone. For example, the President of United States is invested with all the powers of the office hi represents.

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