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A legal lien is a type of lien arising out of common law courts rather than courts of equity.

In general, a legal owner is someone recognized as having legal title to a piece of property. There can be multiple legal owners to a particular piece of property in what is known as a joint ownership.

Legal realism is a legal theory predicated on the notion that all law derives from prevailing social interests and public policy, as opposed to purely formalistic legal considerations. Legal realism is also thought of as a naturalistic approach to law in that jurisprudence should emulate the methods of natural science; that is, it should rely on empirical evidence and hypotheses that have been tested against the reality of the world, rather

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) was established by Congress in 1974. The LSC operates as an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and seeks to promote equal access to justice.

• public interest law

Legality refers to whether or not something (whether it be a transaction, document, object, person, or a person’s actions) is in accordance with the law. If something is in accordance with the law, then it is legal and if something is not in accordance with the law, then it is illegal (it lacks legality).

A legally inconsistent verdict is a verdict that is defective because of contradictory conclusions. 

Legislative power is the power to make and alter laws. In the United States, federal legislative power resides with Congress. As an extension of the power to make laws, Congress has powers to conduct hearings and investigations, consider legislative matters, and perform other duties that are necessary and proper to enacting legislation.

• constitutional law

Prominent in the field of administrative law and constitutional law, a legislative veto is a provision that allows a congressional resolution (passed by a majority of Congress, but not signed by the President) to nullify a

In the field of criminal law, a lesser included offense is a less serious crime that is necessarily committed during the perpetration of a greater crime because the lesser crime contains some of the same elements of the greater crime.

A letter of marque is a government license authorizing the bearer to engage in privateering. Holders of these commissions were entitled to outfit private warships for the purposes of sinking or capturing vessels belonging to enemy nations. Ships captured by these privateers were subject to prize law. 

• constitutional law