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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Methods of resolving disputes outside of official court proceedings. These methods include mediation arbitration, and conciliation.
Levy
A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
Fourth Amendment
The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects every person against unreasonable search and seizure by government officials.
Allegation
The assertion, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, establishing what the party expects to prove.
Fourteenth Amendment
Among other matters, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without adequate due process.
Embezzlement
The fraudulent appropriation by a person to his own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him by another.
Dismissal without prejudice
A dismissal which permits the plaintiff to sue again on the same cause of action or the state to proceed again. Dismissal with prejudice bars the right to subsequently bring an action on the same cause.
Battery
Actual physical violence, whether serious or minor, inflicted on a person. (A mere threat is called assault, whereas the completed act is called battery)
Burglary
The unlawful breaking into or entering of a building or dwelling with the intent to commit a serious crime or theft.
Manslaughter
A person recklessly causes the death of another, or acting under extreme emotional disturbance, causes the death of another, or acting under circumstances when a person reasonably believes the circumstances provide a legal justification or excuse for his conduct constitutes manslaughter.
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