Category: Civil law
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Holographic Will
Holographic Will in United States Plain-English Law Holographic Will as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):A will that is completely handwritten, dated, and signed by the person making it. Holographic wills are generally not witnessed. Practical Information Note: Some […]
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Gift
Gift in United States Gift Definition A voluntary conveyance; that is, a conveyance not founded on the consideration of money or blood. The word denotes rather the motive of the conveyance, so that a feoffment or grant may be called a gift when gratuitous. A gift is of the same nature as a […]
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Annuity
Annuity in United States Annuity Definition (Lat. annuus, yearly). A yearly sum stipulated to be paid to another in fee, or for life, or years, and chargeable only on the person of the grantor. Co. Litt. 144b; 2 Bl. Comm. 40; Lumley, Ann. 1; 5 Mart. (La.) 312; Dav. Ir. 14. An annuity is […]
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Contract of Sale
Contract of Sale in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982 Contract of Sale in Real Estate A formal contract (in U.S. law) entered into between a seller (known as vendor (in U.S. law)) and a buyer (known as vendee (in U.S. law)) of real […]
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Domicile
Domicile in United States Domicile Definition That place where a man has his true, fixed and permanent home and principal establishment, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning. Lieber, Enc. Am.; 10 Mass. 188; 11 La. 175; 5 Mete. (Mass.) 187; 4 Barb. (N. Y.) […]
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Equitable Title
Equitable Title in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A person’s right to obtain absolute ownership of property to which another has title (in U.S. law) at law.(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is Equitable Title? For a meaning of it, read […]
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Covenants
Covenants in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Agreements of legal validity between two or more persons to do or to refrain from doing some act, or that a given state of facts exists or does not exist. Covenants may arise by implication […]
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Liquidated Damages
Liquidated Damages in United States Liquidated Damages Definition Liquidated damages are ascertained damages. 48 III. 408. Liquidated Damages in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Liquidated Damages, Liquidated Damages in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Liquidated Damages, […]
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Fee Simple
Fee Simple in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982The absolute ownership of real property (in U.S. law). It gives the owner and his or her heirs the unconditional power of disposition and other rights.(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is Fee […]
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Lease
Lease in United States Lease Definition A contract by which a person owning or controlling lands or tenements permits another to occupy the same for a period less than that to which the right of the lessor extends. The person so permitting the occupation of premises is called the lessor; the […]
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Contract
Contract in United States Contract Definition (Lat. contractus, from con, with, and traho, to draw). An agreement between two or more parties to do or not do a particular thing. Marshall, C. J., 4 Pet. (U.S.) 420, 572. An agreement in which a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular […]
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Deed of Trust
Deed of Trust in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982An instrument in use in some of the states and the District of Columbia by which legal title to real estate is conveyed to a third party; to be held in trust for a lender until the debt…
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Interim
Interim in United States Interim Definition (Lat.) In the meantime; meanwhile. An assignee ad interim, is one appointed between the time of bankruptcy and appointment of the regular assignee. 2 Bell, Conun. 355. Interim in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Interim, Interim in the […]
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Interim
Interim in United States Interim Definition (Lat.) In the meantime; meanwhile. An assignee ad interim, is one appointed between the time of bankruptcy and appointment of the regular assignee. 2 Bell, Conun. 355. Interim in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Interim, Interim in the […]
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Bastard
Bastard in United States Bastard Definition (has or bast, abject, low, base; aerd, nature). One born of an illicit connection. It includes children begotten and born out of lawful wedlock, whose parents do not subsequently marry, and children born in wedlock, but begotten of an adulterous […]