Legal glossary category
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Browse 16 glossary entries in the Legal category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
prior consent
Imagine 'prior consent' means getting the official 'yes' from someone before you do something important.
Open term →qualify
Imagine you need to prove you are the right person to be in a situation.
Open term →refrain
Imagine 'refrain' as deciding to stop doing something right now, like saying 'no' to a rule or a demand.
Open term →register
Imagine you are signing up for a club; 'registering' means officially putting your name down in the official list so everyone knows you are part of...
Open term →registrar
Imagine a person or office that has the official job of making sure that important things—like names, deeds, or records—are properly put into the o...
Open term →resold
Imagine you have something valuable, like a house or a car.
Open term →restrict
Imagine 'restrict' means putting up a rule that says, 'Here is the limit,' or 'This is the boundary.' In law, it means setting limits on what someo...
Open term →satisfactory
Imagine 'satisfactory' means that something has met the minimum standard set by the law or contract.
Open term →securitization
Imagine taking lots of different loans or assets that people owe money for, and putting them into one big package of bonds.
Open term →subrogation
Imagine you have an accident and someone else is at fault.
Open term →suspension
Imagine a rule or a requirement that is temporarily stopped or paused.
Open term →system
Imagine a complete set of rules or a whole plan for how things get done legally.
Open term →term
term is a legal term in the legal category. Open the full entry for a plain-English meaning and contract context.
Open term →terminate
Imagine 'terminate' as deciding to stop something completely.
Open term →unrelated
Imagine two different things that don't belong together; it means that the interests or duties of one person or thing are completely separate from...
Open term →variable
Imagine a 'variable' in law like a box where you put a letter or number that stands for something specific, like a name or amount.
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