Mesothelioma Related Terms

Mesothelioma & Asbestos Related Glossary of Legal Terms

A
Additur
Ad Litem
Administrative Agency
Administrative Hearing
Amendment
Amicus Curiae
Answer
Appeal
Appellate
Asbestos Attorney
Assumption of the Risk
Attorney-Client Privilege


B
Bad Faith
Bench Trial or Non-jury Trial
Beneficiary
Best Evidence Rule
Breach
Breach of Duty
Breach of Trust
Breach of Warranty
Burden of Proof or Standard of Proof
Bystander (In Relation to Product Liability)


C
Cause
Cause of Action
Caveat
Circumstantial Evidence
Collateral Source Rule
Complainant
Complaint
Contingent/Contingency Fee Agreement
Corroborating Evidence


D
Damages
Decedent
Decree
Defendant
Deliberate
Demurrer
De Novo
Deposition
Directed Verdict
Disbursement
Discovery
Dismissal
Do-Not-Resuscitate Order (DNR)
Due Diligence
Durable Power of Attorney


E
Estate/Estate Planning
Estoppel
Exemplary Damages or Punitive Damages
Exhibit
Expert Witness


F
Fact Question/Question of Fact
Fiduciary


G
Gross Negligence


H
Hearing
Hearsay


I
In Camera
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Interrogatory


J
Joint and Several Liability
Judgment
Judicial Notice
Jurisdiction


L
Last Will and Testament
Lawsuit
Leading Question
Legal Cause
Liable/Liability
Liberal construction
Living Will
Loss of Consortuium


m
Malfeasance
Mitigating Circumstances
Motion


N
Negligence/Negligent
Negligence Per Se
Nonfeasance
Nuncupative Will


O
Occupational Disease
Out-of-Court Settlement


P
Paralegal
Personal Injury
Personal Representative
Petition
Plaintiff
Pleading
Power of Attorney
Preponderance of the Evidence
Prima Facie
Probate
Product Identification - Asbestos
Product Liability
Proximate Cause


R
Reasonable Care
Recover/Recovery
Remedies
Remittitur
Request for Production
Retainer

S
Settlement/To Settle
Several Liability
Severance
Standard of Care
Statute of Limitations
Strict Construction
Summons
Survivor Action


T
Tort
Trial Calendar


V
Verdict


W
Wrongful Death Action
Wrongful Death Statute