French meaning an end or limit; a limitation or period of limitation. … [Read more...]

An amendment to the U.S. Constitution which was added to the Bill of Rights and provides that (1) no person will be required to answer to a crime without a grand jury indictment; (2) one cannot be tried for the same crime twice as there is no double jeopardy; (3) no one will be required to testify against him or her self; (4) no one can be deprived of their life, liberty or … [Read more...]

To officially record a document with an appropriate party, such as filing a complaint with the court clerk or a deed with the property clerk. … [Read more...]

French law. An exception or plea founded on law, which, without entering into the merits of the action, shows that the plaintiff has no right to bring it, either because the time during which it ought to have been brought has elapsed, which is called prescription, or that there has been a compromise, accord and satisfaction, or any other cause which has destroyed the right of … [Read more...]

An encounter with blows or other personal violence between two persons. … [Read more...]