Lien – Legal title to property, whether real estate or personal property, held by a person against the owner of the property, usually to secure payment or under a contract, such as a mortgage, or a court judgment, such as a judgment privilege. Assignment – Legally transferring property or other rights to another person or entity. For example, a mortgage can be transferred from one bank to another. Usury – The perception or collection of an unreasonably high or illegal interest rate on borrowed money. Subpoena – A legal order requiring a person to file witness statements and/or documents in court proceedings. Summary Judgment – A court decision at the request of a party that determines whether there are sufficient facts and/or appropriate laws to bring a claim or defense to the courts. Summary judgment is used to streamline a case by removing claims or defenses that have no legal or factual basis, and can be used to end an entire case that is not properly supported by facts or laws. DBA (doing business as) – Legal abbreviation for Doing Business As, which means that a person or entity uses a different name instead of their official or legal name to conduct business. Recourse – A legal principle that allows a person (usually an insurance company) who pays money or benefits to an aggrieved party to recover some or all of these payments when the offender who caused the damage pays a settlement or judgment. In criminal law, the constitutional guarantee that an accused receives a fair and impartial trial.

In civil law, the legal rights of a person who is confronted with an adverse act that threatens liberty or property. Attachment – A legal debt collection procedure, in which a court seizes wages and/or money from a bank account and hands them over to the creditor after a hearing. Anyone facing a crisis should contact a lawyer. Real Estate Agreement – A binding legal agreement to buy or sell land that must be in writing. Anyone who is concerned about a real estate contract should contact a lawyer who does real estate work. Litigation – The legal process of filing a case in court, reviewing the facts, presenting factual and legal arguments to a court or jury, and arguing for a particular outcome. Deletion – A legal proceeding to remove a previous criminal conviction from an individual`s permanent record. Ohio has a law that sets out the requirements for expansion. Habeas Corpus (see also brief) – A court order requiring government officials to bring a person in their custody before a court in prison or prison so that the court can consider whether detention is legally appropriate. Wills – A legal document that sets out a person`s wishes for the distribution of their property after their death. There are certain legal formalities that must be properly handled in order to make a will effective.

A person considering a will should consult an estate planning lawyer. Power of Attorney – The legal transfer of decision-making authority from one person to another, including the document that formalizes that delegation. Mechanic`s Lien – A legal claim on real estate to secure a debt for work done on that property or materials delivered to that property and unpaid. Real estate (see also real estate) – The legal ownership of land and buildings (as opposed to ownership of movable property such as cars or money). Expulsion – The lawful expulsion of a foreign person, usually an illegal alien, from a county. Anyone threatened with deportation should immediately consult an immigration lawyer. Action brought by a plaintiff against a defendant on the basis of a claim that the defendant had failed to comply with a legal obligation that caused harm to the plaintiff. Living Will – A legal document that gives your family and/or doctors instructions about your preferences in case you can`t make health decisions for yourself. Warranty – A legal promise. A party to a deed may give a guarantee that it has good ownership of the property, or a company may give a guarantee that it will repair or replace its product if there is a defect. The legal system that originated in England and is now used in the United States is based on the articulation of legal principles in a historical succession of judicial decisions.

Common law principles can be changed by statute. Zoning – The legal process for regulating buildings and land use in a city or other local government entity for the benefit of all community members. A landlord with a zoning or deviation problem should contact a real estate attorney. Privilege – The legal capacity not to do something. Solicitor-client privilege generally means that what a client says to a lawyer and the advice given by that lawyer cannot be disclosed at a later date, except in very special circumstances. Solicitor-client privilege allows you to talk very openly and openly with a lawyer about your legal problem. Petition (see also complaint) – A legal document filed in court to initiate a case, usually in a divorce case or in an application for a declaration to that court, setting out the legal claims of the party who filed it. Trial – A formal trial in which evidence and legal arguments are presented to a judge or jury in order to obtain a decision or verdict.

Citation – A ticket or other indication that a minor offence has been committed and that the accused must appear in court. Also a reference to a legal source, usually a published decision of a superior court, such as in a citation from an Ohio Supreme Court case. Power of Attorney for Health Care (see also Power of Attorney) – A legal document that gives one person the authority to make decisions about another person`s health care. Adjudication (arbitration) – Deciding by a court after formal legal proceedings that it has already been definitively established as a result of legal proceedings. Remedy – A legal correction to a problem, such as a judgment ordering a party to pay another amount of money, or an order ordering a party to do or not do certain things.