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Lawyer: Someone who is qualified to represent clients in court and provide them with legal advice. (See Legal Counsel and Counsel.) Sentencing Guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence of an accused convicted in a federal court case. Panel: […]

Deem has traditionally been considered a useful word when it is necessary to establish a legal fiction either positively by “looking” at something for what it is not, or negatively by “considering” something as not being what it is. All other uses of the word should be avoided. Expressions such as “if he considers […]

As a copy editor writing about the Jacoby Ellsbury contract grievance, it is important to understand the details of the case. In 2013, Ellsbury signed a seven-year, $153 million contract with the New York Yankees. However, injuries and underperformance plagued his time with the team, leading to his release in 2019 with $26 million […]

Many seniors have been forced to file the more complicated Form 1040 in recent years simply because of the nature of their retirement income. The IRS provided Form 1040-EZ until 2017 to facilitate the process, but this form limited total income to $100,000 and interest income to $1,500 per year. Form 1040-EZ was repealed […]