Tag: Common Legal Terms
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Life Insurance
Life Insurance in United States Life Insurance Definition A contract of Insurance wherein the insurer agrees to pay a specified sum (according to the definition of Life Insurance based on the Cyclopedic Law Dictionary) in the event of the death of a particular person, if it occurs at a time […]
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Administration
Administration in United States Administration Definition (Lat. Administrare, to assist in). Management or control. Of Government. The management of the executive department of the government. Those charged with the management of the executive department of the government. Of Estates. The […]
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Administration
Administration in United States Administration Definition (Lat. Administrare, to assist in). Management or control. Of Government. The management of the executive department of the government. Those charged with the management of the executive department of the government. Of Estates. The […]
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Corporation
Corporation in United States Corporation Definition (Lat. corpus, a body). A franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist as a body politic under a special denomination, and are vested, by the policy of the law, with the capacity of perpetual succession, and of acting in […]
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Real Property
Real Property in the United States The term real property derives from the Anglo-French phrase propreté proprieté, which in turn came from the Latin proprietat proprietas, essentially meaning private property. Real Property Definition Something which may be held by tenure, or […]
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Tenant
Tenant in United States Tenant Definition (Lat. eneo, tenere, to hold). One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will. In a popular sense, he is one who has the temporary use and occupation of lands or tenements which […]
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Tenant
Tenant in United States Tenant Definition (Lat. eneo, tenere, to hold). One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will. In a popular sense, he is one who has the temporary use and occupation of lands or tenements which […]
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Marital Property
Marital Property in United States Plain-English Law Marital Property as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):Most of the property accumulated by spouses during a marriage, called community property in some states. The United States Marital Property Laws General […]
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Marital Property
Marital Property in United States Plain-English Law Marital Property as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):Most of the property accumulated by spouses during a marriage, called community property in some states. The United States Marital Property Laws General […]
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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 […]
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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 […]