April 16 2013

Legal Vocabulary: Acquittal & Exonerate

Acquittal is “the verdict that declares one innocent of a crime.”

Exonerate is “to prove or declare a person innocent of the charges made against him or her.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: acquittal= KWIL
Option #2: acquittal= A/KWIT/AL
Option #3: acquittal= A/KWIT/A*L

Option #1: exonerate= XON
Option #2: exonerate= XONT
Option #3: exonerate= XON/RAIT

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April 9 2013

Legal Vocabulary: Compensatory damages

Compensatory damages are damages that awarded to the plaintiff to compensate the plaintiff for their actual lost, and nothing else.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: compensatory damages= K-DZ
Option #2: compensatory damages= KPRENTD
Option #3: compensatory damages= KPENDZ
Option #4: compensatory damages= KPRENT/DAJS
Option #5: compensatory damages= KPENS/TOER/DAJS

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March 26 2013

Legal Vocabulary: Intestate

Intestate is defined as: “One who, having lawful power to make a will, has made none, or one which is defective in form. In that case, he [or she] is said to die intestate (without a will), and his estate descends to his heir at law.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: intestate= IN/TES/TAIT
Option #2: intestate= IN/TEFT/TAIT
Option #3: intestate= SBES/TAIT
Option #4: intestate= SB*ES/TAIT
Option #5: intestate= SBAEFT
Option #6: intestate= SBEFT

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March 5 2013

Legal Vocabulary: Riparian

A riparian is “a person who owns land on the bank of a natural watercourse or body of water.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: riparian= RA/PAIRN
Option #2: riparian= RI/PAIRN
Option #3: riparian= RE/PAIRN
Option #4: riparian= RA/PAIR/YAN
Option #5: riparian= RI/PAIR/YAN
Option #6: riparian= RE/PAIR/YAN

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January 31 2013

Practice Video: What Is A Tort?

I found some short videos, that are less than 60 seconds, that discuss the law. These are great practice videos to get legal terms to become automatic in your typing. Because they are quick blurbs, they can be repeated several times and help to reinforce some legal briefs and phrases.

This video explains what a tort is:

Here are some briefs from the video:

tort= TORT
wrongdoing= WROG
damage= DAJ
punishable= P-RBL
threatening= THRENG
perpetrator= PRERPT
compensation= KPENGS
emotional= MAOERBL
distress= SDRES
assault= SAULT
is a= SA
can be= K-B
in order= NORD
as a result= SRULT

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January 29 2013

Legal Vocabulary: Appellate vs Appellant

Appellate is defined as “having the power to review the judgment of another tribunal.” An appellant is “one that appeals from a judicial decision or decree.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: appellate= AEPT
Option #2: appellate= A/PEL/AT
Option #3: appellate= A/PEL/A*T
Option #4: appellate= A/PEL/LAT

Option #1: appellant= LANT
Option #2: appellant= A/PEL/ANT
Option #3: appellant= A/PEL/A*NT
Option #4: appellant= A/PEL/LANT

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