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Terms for subject Law (8349 entries)

Personal Protection Order	PPO
personal recognizance	one’s own care and responsibility
personal recognizance	Pre-trial release based on the person's own promise that he or she will show up for trial (no bond required) Also referred to as release on own recognizance or ROR.
personal representative	A person picked by the court to collect, manage and distribute a person's property (estate) when they die. If named in a will, that person's title is an EXECUTOR . If there is no valid will, that person's title is an ADMINISTRATOR
Personal Security Device	PSD
Personally Corrupt	PC
Personnel Administration	PA
Persuasion Is Good	PIG
Pet.	Peters, U.S. Supreme Court Reports
Peters' Prince Edward Island Reports	Pet.
Peters' United States Supreme Court Reports	Pet.
Petit Br.	Petit Brooke
Petit Juror Guide	PJG
petit jury or	A group of citizens that listen to the evidence presented by both sides at trial and figure out the facts in dispute. Criminal juries are made up of 12 people
petit jury or	civil juries are made up of at least 6 people
petition	formal request for an order
petition	a pleading in a civil action by which the plaintiff sets down the cause of action and invokes the court's jurisdiction
petition	A court paper that asks the court to take action. For example, in juvenile cases, the Petition starts the court case
petitioner	A person who presents a petition to the court
petrochemical feedstocks	petrochemicals	Alexan­der Dem­idov