Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Catch and kill is a covert technique—usually employed by tabloid newspapers—to prevent an individual from publicly revealing damaging information to a third party. . Using a legally enforceable non-disclosure agreement, the tabloid purports to buy exclusive rights to "catch" the damaging story from the individual, but then "kills" the story for the benefit of the third party by preventing ...
DEFINITION: As prosecutor Matthew Colangelo told jurors in his opening statement, “catch-and-kill” is when a tabloid newspaper such as the National Enquirer “buys up damaging information ...
Term used in contract law to specify terms that are voided or confirmed in effect from the execution of the contract. Cf. ex nunc. Ex turpi causa non oritur actio: ex nunc: from now on Term used in contract law to specify terms that are voided or confirmed in effect only in the future and not prior to the contract, or its adjudication. Cf. ex ...
Pecker, the National Enquirer's former publisher and a longtime friend of Trump’s, was the only witness Monday. Prosecutors say Pecker worked with Trump and Trump’s then-lawyer, Michael Cohen ...
1. Uniformed policeman; law-enforcement official; plainclothes cop [66] 2. Chat idly, to exaggerate [67] 3. railroad security guard [68] bull session Male talkfest, gossip, stories of sexual exploits [69] bum's rush Thrown out of an establishment [9] bump Kill, murder, assassination [70] bump gums Argue; talk excessively; see run one's gums [71 ...
Jurors viewed an internal Enquirer email and invoice describing the payments to the doorman to kill his story. One document describes the funds coming from the publication’s “corporate” account.
Sting operations, through which police officers or agents engage in deception to try to catch persons who are committing crimes, raise concerns about possible entrapment. [ 3 ] Depending on the law in the jurisdiction, the prosecution may be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was not entrapped or the defendant may be ...
Mutual combat, a term commonly used in United States courts, occurs when two individuals intentionally and consensually engage in a fair fight, [1] [2] while not hurting bystanders or damaging property. There have been numerous cases where this concept was successfully used in defense of the accused. [3]