injury

Definition

Damage to the body, reputation, or rights—basically, someone did you dirty and now you have legal grounds to complain about it. In law, injury covers everything from a broken leg to a tarnished name to property destruction.

Example Usage

The plaintiff claimed injury to both person and property after the accident.

Source: Merriam-Webster via Free Dictionary API

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The legal or logistical obstacle standing between you and what you want to accomplish, whether it's a speech disability or bureaucratic red tape. In employment law, it often refers to barriers that prevent someone from performing job functions. It's the formal way of saying 'this thing is making everything harder,' commonly used when someone wants to sound more sophisticated than 'problem.'

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foregoing

Legalese for "the stuff I just mentioned above" or "what came before this point." It's how lawyers avoid repeating themselves while sounding impressively formal. Essentially means "previously stated," but using one word instead of two makes you sound like you went to law school.

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Continuance

A postponement or adjournment of legal proceedings to a later date, often requested by attorneys who suddenly discover they're unprepared or their client is missing.

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obligor

The fancy legal term for the person who owes something to someone else (the obligee), because apparently "debtor" wasn't confusing enough. It's the party on the hook for fulfilling a legal obligation, whether that's paying money, delivering goods, or performing services. Think of it as the "you" in every loan agreement you've ever signed.

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admissible evidence

Information that meets legal standards to be presented in court, having survived the gauntlet of relevance, reliability, and procedural rules. If evidence were nightclub guests, this is what makes it past the velvet rope.

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Legalese

The ancient and mystical language spoken only by lawyers, characterized by sentences longer than some novels and words that have not been used in casual conversation since the reign of Henry VIII. Designed to be incomprehensible so you have to pay someone to translate it.

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