USA Law

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  • Indemnity

    Indemnity in United States Indemnity Definition That which is given to a person to prevent his suffering damage. 2 McCord (S. C.) 279. Security to save harmless. A contract whereby one party agrees to secure another against an anticipated loss or damage, and the liability under which […]

  • Equity

    Equity in the United States Decisions based on a judge's sense of fairness rather than strict common law standards. The equity model permits judges to issue remedies in civil cases based on equitable principles that are outside or that supplement common law. Some of the flexibility of equity […]

  • Equity

    Equity in the United States Decisions based on a judge's sense of fairness rather than strict common law standards. The equity model permits judges to issue remedies in civil cases based on equitable principles that are outside or that supplement common law. Some of the flexibility of equity […]

  • Promissory Note

    Promissory Note in United States Promissory Note Definition A written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a future time, unconditionally. Bailey, Bills, 1; 3 Kent, Comm. 74; 7 Watts & S. (Pa.) 264; 2 Humph. (Tenn.) 143; 10 Wend. (N. Y.) 675; 1 Ala. 263; 7 Mo. 42; 2 Cow. (N. Y.)…

  • Promissory Note

    Promissory Note in United States Promissory Note Definition A written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a future time, unconditionally. Bailey, Bills, 1; 3 Kent, Comm. 74; 7 Watts & S. (Pa.) 264; 2 Humph. (Tenn.) 143; 10 Wend. (N. Y.) 675; 1 Ala. 263; 7 Mo. 42; 2 Cow. (N. Y.)…

  • Eminent Domain

    Eminent Domain in United States Eminent Domain Definition The power to take private property for public use, whether exercised by the sovereign directly, or by one to whom the sovereign power has been delegated for qiMsi public purposes. The superior right of property subsisting in a […]

  • Eminent Domain

    Eminent Domain in United States Eminent Domain Definition The power to take private property for public use, whether exercised by the sovereign directly, or by one to whom the sovereign power has been delegated for qiMsi public purposes. The superior right of property subsisting in a […]

  • Embezzlement

    Embezzlement in United States Embezzlement Definition The wrongful and fraudulent appropriation of property to his own use by one to whom it has been entrusted by or for the owner. A breach of trust is the essence of the offense. To constitute embezzlement, the person appropriating the […]

  • Embezzlement

    Embezzlement in United States Embezzlement Definition The wrongful and fraudulent appropriation of property to his own use by one to whom it has been entrusted by or for the owner. A breach of trust is the essence of the offense. To constitute embezzlement, the person appropriating the […]

  • Adoption

    Adoption in United States Adoption Definition The act by which a person takes the child of another into his family, and treats him as his own. A juridical act creating between two persons certain relations, purely civil, or paternity and filiation. 6 Demolombe Code Nap. § 1. As […]

  • Insurance

    Insurance in the United States Insurance Definition A contract whereby, for an agreed premium, one party undertakes to indemnify the other against loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the indemnity -according to the definition of Insurance based on The […]

  • Discovery

    Discovery in the United States A procedure used before civil trials that allows one party to obtain information about a case from the opposing party. Discovery assists litigants in civil suits prepare for trial. Evidence is basically gathered in three ways during discovery. The first is by […]

  • Discovery

    Discovery in the United States A procedure used before civil trials that allows one party to obtain information about a case from the opposing party. Discovery assists litigants in civil suits prepare for trial. Evidence is basically gathered in three ways during discovery. The first is by […]

  • Tender

    Tender in United States Tender Definition (Lat. tender e, to extend, to offer). An offer to deliver something, made in pursuance of some contract or obligation, under such circumstances as to require no further act from the party making it to complete the transfer. As applied to cases […]

  • Tender

    Tender in United States Tender Definition (Lat. tender e, to extend, to offer). An offer to deliver something, made in pursuance of some contract or obligation, under such circumstances as to require no further act from the party making it to complete the transfer. As applied to cases […]