USA Law

Category: Civil law

  • Alimony

    Alimony in United States Alimony Definition Money paid for aliment or support. The allowance which a husband, by order of court, pays to his wife, living separate from him, for her maintenance. Bish. Mar. & Div. I 549. The term is sometimes restricted to an allowance for a wife's […]

  • Alimony

    Alimony in United States Alimony Definition Money paid for aliment or support. The allowance which a husband, by order of court, pays to his wife, living separate from him, for her maintenance. Bish. Mar. & Div. I 549. The term is sometimes restricted to an allowance for a wife's […]

  • Consideration

    Consideration Consideration Definition (Law Lat. comideratio). The material cause which moves a contracting party to enter into a contract. 2 Bl. Comm. 443. The price, motive, or matter of inducement to a contract, whether it be the compensation which is paid, or the inconvenience which is […]

  • Consideration

    Consideration Consideration Definition (Law Lat. comideratio). The material cause which moves a contracting party to enter into a contract. 2 Bl. Comm. 443. The price, motive, or matter of inducement to a contract, whether it be the compensation which is paid, or the inconvenience which is […]

  • Jeopardy

    Jeopardy in United States Jeopardy Definition Peril; danger. See Baldw. (U. S.) 93. The usual technical use of the term is in connection with the rule of criminal law, that no person shall be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. Const. U. S. art. 5, Amend. A person is in jeopardy, […]

  • Jeopardy

    Jeopardy in United States Jeopardy Definition Peril; danger. See Baldw. (U. S.) 93. The usual technical use of the term is in connection with the rule of criminal law, that no person shall be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. Const. U. S. art. 5, Amend. A person is in jeopardy, […]

  • Divorce

    Divorce in United States Divorce Definition The dissolution or partial suspension, by law, of the marriage relation. The dissolution is termed divorce from the bond of matrimony, or, in the Latin form of the expression, a vinculo matrimonii; the suspension, divorce from bed and board, a mensa […]

  • Divorce

    Divorce in United States Divorce Definition The dissolution or partial suspension, by law, of the marriage relation. The dissolution is termed divorce from the bond of matrimony, or, in the Latin form of the expression, a vinculo matrimonii; the suspension, divorce from bed and board, a mensa […]

  • Damages

    Damages in the United States Compensation to a person for injury suffered. Damage (singular) refers to loss or injury to a person by accident or the negligence of another. Damages (plural) refers to the money it will take to repair that damage. Damage may take the form of personal injury in an […]

  • General Damages

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

  • Conversion

    Conversion in United States Conversion Definition (Lat. eon, with, together, vertere, to turn; conversio, a turning to, with, together). In Equity. The exchange of one species of property for another, which takes place under some circumstances in the consideration of the law, although […]

  • Conversion

    Conversion in United States Conversion Definition (Lat. eon, with, together, vertere, to turn; conversio, a turning to, with, together). In Equity. The exchange of one species of property for another, which takes place under some circumstances in the consideration of the law, although […]

  • Charity Accountability

    Charity Accountability in the United States Charity Governance in General For information on governance of charities in the U.S., see here. Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines for Charities: Financial Accountability and Transparency Note: These Department of Treasury Guidelines are […]

  • Duty

    Duty in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Conduct obligated to be performed by one person to another. In ton law, duty is legally sanctioned. A breach (in U.S. law) of duty results in the liability of the actor. In tax law, a duty is […]

  • Duty

    Duty in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Conduct obligated to be performed by one person to another. In ton law, duty is legally sanctioned. A breach (in U.S. law) of duty results in the liability of the actor. In tax law, a duty is […]