Glossary

Where a person doesn’t show up to court at the specified time even after the person paid bail or posted…

A loan with a balloon payment requires that a single, lump-sum payment be made at the end of the loan.

Federal laws governing the conditions and procedures under which persons claiming inability to repay their debts can seek relief.

Non-consensual, unlawful contact, such as touching, beating or wounding of another. See Assault.