The "actual malice" defines the level of proof needed to establish a libel case for defamatory statements made regarding public figures or public officials. Actual Malice requires intent or reckless disregard for the truth - "knowledge that the information was false" or published "with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." Reckless disregard for the truth requires … [Read more...]

Latin meaning "absence". Usually used in terms such as "in absentia" or in the absence of the physical presence of a party. See also "death in absentia" and "trial in absentia". … [Read more...]

A term used in old statutes, signifying a lying in wait, or waylaying. … [Read more...]

v. To grant, concede, adjudge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. Starkey v. Minneapolis, 19 Minn. 206 (Gil. 166). n. The decision or determination rendered by arbitrators or commissioners, or other private or extrajudicial deciders, upon a controversy submitted to them; also the writing or document embodying such decision. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...]

A crop sown before the expiration of a tenancy, which cannot ripen until after its expiration, to which, however, the tenant is entitled. Broom, Max. 412. … [Read more...]