Damages is money awarded by the court to make up for injury or loss that a party suffered.
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Glossary
Title: debt settlement company
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Debt settlement companies are businesses that promise to help you get rid of your debts. They usually charge you a fee to negotiate with your creditors and make a repayment plan.
Title: debtor
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A debtor is someone who owes money. For example, a debtor can be someone who owes money on a mortgage, car loan, line of credit, phone bill, or credit card.
Title: debts
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Debts are money that a person owes, for example, a mortgage, line of credit, or car loan.
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Decision-making responsibility is the right to make important decisions about how to care for and raise a child. It includes the right to make decisions about the child's health, education, religion, and important extra-curricular activities. Decision-making responsibility used to be called custody.
The parents can agree to or the court can give:
- one parent all decision-making responsibility,
- 2 or more parents decision-making responsibility, or
- different parents separate responsibilities, for example, one parent makes decisions about the child's health and another parent makes decisions about the child's religion.
Title: deed
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A deed is a legal document that proves you are the owner of a specific piece of land (real estate).
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Being in default is when you don’t do something you legally agreed to do. For example, defaulting on a loan means that you didn’t pay back some or all of the money that you owed in the time you were supposed to pay it.
Title: default hearing
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A default hearing is a court hearing where the person who pays support has to explain why they haven't been making support payments.
Title: defendant
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In civil court, a defendant is the person or company being sued. In criminal court, a defendant is the person who’s been charged with a crime.