Evidence which cannot be disputed or impeached, that which there is no controversy as to the truth of what it portrays, no doubt remains as to the answer to a question, e.g. video tape evidence that clearly shows an entire sequence of events and who started a fight. … [Read more...]

The tax levied by the federal, state or local government on a person or company's net income after allowable deductions are made. … [Read more...]

In the rule that statutes should be so. construed as to avoid "inconvenience," this means, as applied to the public, the sacrifice or jeoparding of important public interests or hampering the legitimate activities of government or the transaction of public business, and, as applied to individuals, serious hardship or injustice. See Black, Interp. Laws, 102.; Betts V. U. S., 132 … [Read more...]

In Spanish law. The condition of a prisoner who is not permitted to see or to speak with any person visiting him during his confinement A person accused cannot be subjected to this treatment unless it be expressly ordered by the judge, for some grave offense, and it cannot be continued for a longer period than is absolutely necessary. This precaution is resorted to for the … [Read more...]

A forum which is not appropriate or convenient, such as suing in one county when all the witnesses that will be heard live in another county. See forum non conveniens and change of venue. … [Read more...]