Glossary of Legal Definitions
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Testimony
Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials, before grand juries, or during administrative proceedings.
Third-Party Action
Generally, an action taken by anyone that is not a party to an underlying contract, agreement, or other transaction.
Till Tap Levy
A judgment enforcement procedure in which the levying officer makes a trip to a business and picks up the money in the cash register or cash box. Many counties now combine this procedure with a keeper.
Time-share
the plan for how the parents share time with their children. Also called visitation or parenting plan.
Time Waiver
When you give up the right to have a certain phase of the legal process take place within the normally specified amount of time.
Title
The ownership or evidence of ownership of land or other property.
Toll
See statute of limitations.
Transcript
A written, word-for-word record of what was said at a trial or some other formal conversation like a hearing ordeposition.
Transfer
A judges order to transfer a case from 1 court to another before a hearing or trial is held in the matter.
Transition
the moving of a child from one place where they are taken care of (like home, school or day care) to another.
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