practice. The decision of a superior court by which the judgment, sentence or decree of the inferior court is annulled. 2. After a judgment, sentence or decree has been rendered by the court below, a writ of error may be issued from the superior to the inferior tribunal, when the record and all proceedings are sent to the supreme court on the return to the writ of error. When, … [Read more...]

A reconsideration; second view or examination; revision; consideration for purposes of correction. Used especially of the examination of a cause by an appellate court, and of a second investigation of a proposed public road by a jury of viewers. In equity practice. A Mil, in the nature of a writ of error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a decree … [Read more...]

When unfair treatment occurs in the reverse of the usual pattern of discrimination, where members of a minority unfairly treat a member of a majority group, e.g. regarding employment discrimination, where a promotion for a deserving white person is given to a member of another minority group solely on the basis of race. … [Read more...]

To decompile or disassemble a product or an invention into its basic component parts. With regard to software, this is a conversion of object (machine) code into the source code or other format so that is capable to be manipulated. … [Read more...]

A loan for homeowners who have significant equity in their property and who are elderly (age 62 or older) where they can make no payments during their lifetime to borrowers and the loan is satisfied from the proceeds of sale of the home upon the homeowner's death. … [Read more...]