Slang term for when a criminal suspect admits to a crime in return for a lighter sentence, a plea bargain. … [Read more...] about COP A PLEA
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COOLING OFF PERIOD
A period after a certain type of high pressure sale, telemarking sale or transaction where a purchaser may cancel the transaction. … [Read more...] about COOLING OFF PERIOD
COOLING TIME
Time to recover "cool blood" after severe excitement or provocation; time for the mind to become so calm and sedate as that it is supposed to contemplate, comprehend, and coolly act with reference to the consequences likely to ensue. Eanes v. State, 10 Tex. App. 447; May v. People, 8 Colo. 210, 6 Pac. 816; Keiser v. Smith, 71 Ala. 481, 46 Am. Rep. 342; Jones v. State, 33 Tex. … [Read more...] about COOLING TIME
COOLING-OFF RULE
A special rule created by federal government to deal with door to door or pressure sales. It allows the purchaser to cancel a contract within a short time period after signing the agreement, usually three days. (Hence the 72 hour rule which this law is also known.) The rule does not apply to sales in general areas such as a store or at a trade show. The three day rule also … [Read more...] about COOLING-OFF RULE
CONVEYOR
A person or party who is conveying or transferring property to another person or party. … [Read more...] about CONVEYOR