USA Law

Category: Civil law

  • Life Estate

    Life Estate in United States Life Estate Definition An estate whose duration is limited to the life of the party holding it, or of some other person; a freehold estate, not of inheritance. 4 Kent, Comm. 23, 25. Life Estate in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Life Estate, Life […]

  • Letters Testamentary

    Letters Testamentary in United States Letters Testamentary Definition The formal instrument in writing granted to an executor by the judge or officer having jurisdiction of the probate of wills, stating his appointment as executor, and authorizing him to proceed. Letters Testamentary in […]

  • Legal Instrument

    Legal Instrument in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A formal, written document, such as a deed (in U.S. law), bill (in U.S. law) (of Sale), lease (in U.S. law), or will (in U.S. law). It gives formal expression to a legal act or […]

  • Land Description

    Land Description in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Identification of a tract of land contained in a deed (in U.S. law), mortgage (in U.S. law), lease (in U.S. law), or other instrument. To avoid dispute and litigation, land should […]

  • K (Contract)

    K (Contract) in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Lawyers often use the letter K as an abbreviation for contract, a practice that originates during law school note taking days.(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is K (Contract)? For a meaning […]

  • Joint And Several

    Joint And Several in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982An obligation or liability incurred, under contract or otherwise, by two or more parties together and separately is said to be joint and several. The parties may be held jointly […]

  • Joint Tortfeasors

    Joint Tortfeasors in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982People whose separate wrongs unite in producing a single injury, for example, negligence (in U.S. law) of two drivers causing a collision. If the defendants are treated as joint […]

  • Jetsam

    Jetsam in United States Jetsam Definition Goods cast out from a ship by way of jettison, and which sink, being thus distinguished from flotsam, jettisoned goods which float, and ligan, jettisoned goods, bound to some buoyant substance. 1 Bl. Coram. 292. Jetsam in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias […]

  • Inter Vivos Trust

    Inter Vivos Trust in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982See trust (in U.S. law).(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is Inter Vivos Trust? For a meaning of it, read Inter Vivos Trust in the Legal Dictionary here. Browse and search more U.S. and […]

  • Intra (Latin)

    Intra (Latin) in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982(Latin) Within; inside.(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is Intra (Latin)? For a meaning of it, read Intra (Latin) in the Legal Dictionary here. Browse and search more U.S. and […]

  • Intangible Property

    Intangible Property in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Property that has no value itself, but that represents valuable things such as bonds, stocks, promissory notes.(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is Intangible Property? For a meaning […]

  • In Perpetuity

    In Perpetuity in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Existing forever.(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is In Perpetuity? For a meaning of it, read In Perpetuity in the Legal Dictionary here. Browse and search more U.S. and international free […]

  • Ingress

    Ingress in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982 Ingress, Egress, and Regress These words express the rights of a lessee to enter, go upon, and return from the lands in question.(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is Ingress? For a meaning of […]

  • Habendum Clause

    Habendum Clause in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982The clause in a deed (in U.S. law) or mortgage (in U.S. law) that states that the grantee (in U.S. law) is to have the property transferred to him or her. The habendum clause derives […]

  • Hereditaments

    Hereditaments in United States Hereditaments Definition Things capable of being inherited. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17. By this term, such things are denoted as may be the subject matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself. It cannot, therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge […]