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A nonprofit organization that provides free or low cost assistance to those in need, are poor or are indigent. … [Read more...] about LEGAL AID SOCIETY

In mining law. This term, as used in the mining laws of the United States (Rev. St … [Read more...] about LEDGE

The qualification for someone to be able to do something legally, e.g. such as to engage into an enforceable contract. Also refers to the capacity that one has to sue, e.g. the legal capacity to sue. … [Read more...] about LEGAL CAPACITY

A book where journal entries are made documenting transactions or receipts and disbursements of money or property. A book of accounts in which a trader enters the names of all persons with whom he has dealings; there being two parallel columns in each account, one for the entries to the debit of the person charged, the other for his credits. Into this book are posted the items … [Read more...] about LEDGER

See proximate cause -- cause for which the law provides one the ability to sue. … [Read more...] about LEGAL CAUSE