Guardian: A person who has been legally appointed to provide care and supervision to another person and/or their estate.

Guardian ad litem: A court appointed person, usually an attorney, who looks out for the best interests of a child or incompetent person during a trial or court proceeding.

Health Care Durable Power of Attorney: A signed document that confers upon a person the power and authority to make certain decisions in regard to another person's health care.

HUD-1: Also called a “closing statement,” it shows the sources of funds involved in real estate purchase and sale and the expenses involved in the transaction.

Interrogatories: Written questions presented to an opposing party for there completion. Usually done during discovery.

Injunction: An order from a court requiring someone to do something, or prohibiting someone from doing something. For example, a person may obtain an injunction to prohibit her neighbor from driving over her property.

Inventory: A statement showing financial conditions as a specific point in time. Usually seen in probate estates, when it is used at the start of the probate proceeding to inform the court, and others, what the deceased had for assets.

Joint Tenants: Two or more co-owners of property who have identical rights in the property. Each tenant has a right of survivorship (meaning if two people are joint tenants and one of them dies, the other automatically receives the deceased joint tenants share in the property)

Judgment: The determination of a court of matters brought before it.

Lien: a legal right in the property of another person, similar to an attachment. A lien will usually restrict your right to sell the property unless the lien-holder has been paid the money owed to them.

LLC: Limited Liability Company: a form of company ownership in which each parties' liabilities are limited to their initial investment (subject to some exceptions)

Living Will: A will in which the signer prescribes the medical care that should or should not be taken in their incapacitation.

Long Arm Statute: Statutes that allow local courts to obtain jurisdiction over defendants from another state when the cause of action arises from conduct in the local jurisdiction and affects a local plaintiff.

Marital Master: A judicial officer appointed by the courts to hear martial proceedings and make reports which are approved by judges and then become decisions of the court.