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The income against which tax rates are applied to compute tax paid; gross income of businesses or adjusted gross income of individuals less deductions and exemptions.
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Browse Related Terms: Garnishment, Replevin, Withholding, Writ of garnishment

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A judicial body which hears cases concerning federal tax laws.
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Browse Related Terms: Court-appointed attorney, E pluribus unum, Esquire, Small Claims Court, United States Attorney, United States Bankruptcy Court, United States Court of Claims, United States Court of International Trade, United States District Courts, United States Postal Service, U.S. Attorney

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Any order from the court that protects an interest of a party pending further action by the court.
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Browse Related Terms: Durante, Lis pendens, Pendens, Pendente lite

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Prohibits a person from taking an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held. Sometimes referred to as a "T.R.O."
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An emergency remedy of brief duration issued by a court only when immediate or irreparable damages or loss might result before the opposition could take action, and where the moving party can establish irreparable harm if not for the remedy and a likelihood of success on the merits of his/her underlying claim.
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Browse Related Terms: Decree, Interlocutory, Permanent injunction, Preliminary injunction, Quash, Vacate

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A pleading filed by a defendant against a third party (not presently a party to the suit) which alleges that the third party is liable for all or part of the damages plaintiff may obtain from defendant.
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Browse Related Terms: Appearance, Attorney of record, Court costs, defendant, dismissal, intervention, Request for production of documents, Without prejudice

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Legal ownership of property, usually real property or automobiles.
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Browse Related Terms: Abstract of title, Adverse possession, assignment, Beneficiary, Quiet title action, trust

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See statute of limitations.
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Browse Related Terms: Antitrust acts, Contra formam statuti, Ordinance, Quasi-criminal action, Sherman Act, Sovereign Immunity, Statute of limitations, Truth in lending, Urban, Usury

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A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person. The "victim" of a tort may be entitled to sue for the harm suffered. Victims of crimes may also sue in tort for the wrongs done to them. Most tort cases are handled in state court, except when the tort occurs on federal property (e.g., a military base), when the government is the defendant, or when there is diversity of citizenship between the parties.
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A private or civil wrong or injury for which the court provides a remedy through an action for damages.
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Browse Related Terms: Civil, Civil action, Filing Fee, Jus civile, Summons

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Whole or complete (also used in toto).
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Browse Related Terms: Ad infinitum, Ex adverso, In toto, Infinito, Prima facie, Supra, Ubi supra, Vel, Vel non

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The whole.
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Browse Related Terms: A maximis ad minima, Ad finem, Admortization, Adversus, Agenda, Alibi, Ante, Bequeath, Bequests, Cum, de novo, ET, Ex dono, ex officio, In actu, In extenso, In situ, Infra, Ipse, Merger, Non, Per viam, Sans recours

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A word, name, symbol, or devise used by a manufacturer to distinguish its goods from those sold by others.
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Browse Related Terms: Government Printing Office (GPO), patent, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Registered mark, seal

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A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial, or during some other formal conversation, such as a hearing or oral deposition.
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A written, word-for-word record of what was said during a proceeding. Usually refers to a record of a trial, hearing, or other proceeding which has been transcribed from a recording or from shorthand.
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Browse Related Terms: appendix, discovery, Exhibit, Memorabilia, Record, Request to admit, Trial brief, Visa

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A book or writing containing a narrative statement on a field of law.
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Browse Related Terms: Advance sheets, Digests, Encyclopedia, Legal texts, Loose-leaf services, Martindale-HubbellLaw Directory, Pocket part, Replacement volumes, Secondary authority

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