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Custody
The right to or responsibility for a child's care and control, carrying with it the duty of providing food, shelter, medical care, education and discipline.
Bail
In criminal cases, a sum of money posted by or on behalf of a defendant to guarantee his appearance in court after being released from jail
Hearing
A formal proceeding (generally less formal than a trial) with definite issues of law or of fact to be heard.
Comparative negligence
The degree to which a person contributed to his/her own injury, damage or death. Usually measured in terms of percentage. Contributory negligence is the failure to exercise care by a plaintiff, which contributed to the plaintiff's injury.
Tort
An injury or wrong committed, either with or without force, to the person or property of another, for which civil liability may be imposed.
Fiduciary
A person who has assumed a special relationship to another person or another person's property, such as a trustee, administrator, executor, lawyer, or guardian. The fiduciary must exercise the highest degree of care to maintain and preserve the person's rights and/or property, which are within his/her charge
Intervention
A proceeding in a civil suit by which a third person is permitted by the court to join as a party to the suit.
Eminent domain
The power to take private property for public use by the state and municipalities.
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