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Inter vivos
Latin term which literally means ‘among the living’. It is used to describe the transfer of property by agreement between living persons as opposed to a gift made by a Will. Legal dictionary
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حصانة
امتياز يعفي بعض الأشخاص من الملاحقة القضائية وتُمنح لبعض السياسيين والدبلوماسيين بهدف حمايتهم من تطبيق القوانين المحلية عليهم. ولا يمكن القبض على هؤلاء الأشخاص لمخالفتهم لقوانين البلاد التي يُرسلون إليها. Legal dictionary
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Status quo
Latin meaning the existing state of affairs. To maintain the status quo is to keep things the way they presently are. Often used when companies are making decisions, or when lawyers are considering making changes in the law or changes to documentation. Legal dictionary
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Habeas corpus
Literally, ‘may you have the body’. It is a legal action that requires a person under arrest to be brought before the courts so that he or she can be released from unlawful detention where such detention lacks sufficient cause or evidence. Legal dictionary
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Transcript
A document in which the text of a speech or a spoken discussion is transformed into a written form, such as a court reporter’s notes that have be recorded or taken down during the course of a trial. Legal dictionary
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Indemnity
An agreement or assurance whereby one party insures another party against an anticipated loss, or to prevent that party from being damaged by the legal consequences of an act or the failure to act by the party providing the indemnity or a third party. Legal dictionary
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Covenant
A binding promise, usually contained in the deed of a piece of real property, to engage in or refrain from a specified action (including a restrictive covenant, which is a restriction on the use of property). Legal dictionary
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إدانة
هو الحكم الذي تتوصل إليه محكمة قانونية عند إيقانها بارتكاب المدعي عليه لجريمة ما، وضدها التبرئة. Legal dictionary
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Promissory note
A legally binding document in which a person or entity agrees to pay a specified amount of money on demand or by a specified date. Legal dictionary
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Circumstantial
Based on information which suggests that something is true but does not prove that it is true. When the existence of the principal fact is only inferred from one or more circumstances which have been established directly, the evidence is said to be circumstantial. Legal dictionary
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Enforceable
Refers to the terms of a contract or a judgment or a rule of law which it is possible, where necessary, to make people obey. Legal dictionary
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مدعي
شخص يقوم بتوجيه تهمة إلى شخصٍ آخر أمام الجهات القانونية المختصة، ويشمل ذلك المحاكم الجزئية، المحاكم العامة، واللجان القضائية. Legal dictionary
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تسوية
مصالحة بين طرفين على تنازل أحدهما أو كليهما عن بعض حقوقه في مقابل عدم اللجوء إلى القضاء أو التحكيم. Legal dictionary
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تفاوض
عملية حوارية يتبادل فيها طرفان أو أكثر الاقتراحات بهدف التوصل إلى حل مرضٍ يضمن تحقيق المصلحة لجميع الأطراف. Legal dictionary
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Bankruptcy
A legal status imposed by a court order that usually refers to an individual that cannot repay the debts that it owes to creditors. Legal dictionary
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