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Common Legal Words, Terms, Definitions, And Processes

Plain-language guide to understanding commonly used legal words, terms, definitions, and other legal processes.

Small Claims Lawsuits

This category covers how a person might sue or be sued for a small amount of money. These are called small claim actions, in which the lawsuit covers a small amount of money (usually around $5000 or $10,000 or less), and goes to a special court. It might be for money that one person thinks the other owes them, from a contract, security deposit, accident damages, deceptive business practice, bad check, or land trespass.

Unpaid Wages, Including Sample Demand Letter

This resource has general information and FAQs on Unpaid Wages, a sample demand letter to your employer, plus a link to a program you can use to automatically create an unpaid wages demand letter. Just answer a few questions and your letter will be generated. This program does not provide legal advice.

Evictions

This resource provides information on eviction. This includes information about the reasons you may get evicted. This information also includes the steps in the eviction process.

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