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• Debt means any money owed to another person or company.

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• A decree is a court's written order finalizing a divorce.

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• Default is a party's failure to answer a complaint, motion, or petition.

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• The defendant is the person who the case is brought against.

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• The deposition is the part of the discovery in which the opposing party counsel asks you questions with your attorney present.

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• Discovery is the information-exchanging process of a legal proceeding. It includes interrogatories and depositions.

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• Dissolution is the legal end of a marriage.

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• the legal dissolution of a marriage.

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  Divorce. (n.d.). LawyerShop.com Divorce Law Glossary. Retrieved April 1, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/divorce.

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  "Divorce." LawyerShop.com Divorce Law Glossary. LawyerShop.com. 1 April. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/divorce.

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