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Liability
A legal responsibility, obligation, or debt.
Eschea
In American law, the right of the state to an estate left vacant, to which no one makes a valid claim. Property of a decedent who had no will and no heir’s escheats to the state.
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.
Counterclaim
A claim presented by a defendant in a civil proceeding in opposition to the claim of a plaintiff.
Bail bond
an obligation signed by the defendant, with sureties, to secure his/her presence in court;
Embezzlement
The fraudulent appropriation by a person to his own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to him by another.
Diversion
Procedures for handling relatively insignificant juvenile problems informally, without referral to Juvenile Court. In criminal cases, the formal continuance of a case for a certain length of time, usually a year, with the goal of dismissal if the defendant meets certain conditions.
Cause of action
A claim in law in fact sufficient to justify a legal right to sue
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