USA Law

Tag: Documents

  • Forms

    Forms in the United States There are at least five kinds of forms that most affect legal practice – (1) the kind published in Form Books that publishers sell to law firms and law libraries, (2) the kind produced by commercial publishers and provided individually either free or for-fee for the […]

  • Currency

    Currency in United States Currency Definition Coin, or such bank notes as pass freely in commercial transactions and regarded nearly equivalent to coin. Currency, In its broad and comprehensive meaning, may be properly used with reference to things of different values, when applied to the […]

  • Certificate of Origin

    Certificate of Origin in the United States NAFTA: Certificate of Origin This is a trilaterally agreed upon form used by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to certify that goods qualify for the preferential tariff treatment accorded by NAFTA. The Certificate of Origin must be completed by […]

  • Certificate of Origin Procedures

    Certificate of Origin Procedures in the United States Certificate of Origin (COO) Required by some countries. A signed statement as to the origin of the export item. Specific certificates of origin are sometimes required for countries involved in special tradebagreements, such as the […]

  • 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…

  • Document Retrieval

    Document Retrieval in the United States Washington, D.C. Document Retrieval Materials Some document retrieval services based in the D.C. area: 1. National Corporate Research (800-494-5225); goes to D.C.-area government agencies (including the SEC, PTO, National Archives), courts and […]

  • Government Documents

    Government Documents in the United States Legal Materials There is no guaranteed best way to get a government document. Some sources I’ve found useful: (1) The MetaLib, which simultaneously searches over 50 U.S. government document databases; (2) The University of Michigan Document […]

  • Indenture

    Indenture in United States Indenture Definition A formal written instrument made between two or more persons in different interests, as opposed to a deed poll, which is one made by a single person, or by several having similar interests. Its name comes from a practice of indenting or […]

  • Deponent

    Deponent in United States Deponent Definition One who gives information, on oath or affirmation, respecting some facts known to him, before a magistrate; strictly, he who makes a deposition; but sometimes used for affiant. Deponent in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Deponent, […]

  • Deed

    Deed in United States Deed Definition A written instrument under seal, containing a contract or agreement which has been delivered by the party to be bound and accepted by the obligee or covenantee. Co. Litt. 171; 2 BL Comm. 295; Shep. Touch. 50. A writing under seal, by which lands, […]

  • Official Register Of The Us Government

    Official Register Of The Us Government in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A publication that appeared approximately annually, listing, by agency, all persons holding administrative or supervisory positions in the legislative branches […]

  • New Case Report

    New Case Report in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A systematically kept record of all of the pertinent information on a new matter received in the law office in which it will act for a client. In any well organized law office, a […]

  • Negotiable Instrument

    Negotiable Instrument in United States Negotiable Instrument Definition Any written instrument which may be transferred by indorsement and delivery, or by delivery alone, so as to give the indorsee the legal title, and enable him to sue in his own name. 15 Mo. 337. In a narrower sense, those […]

  • Mail (Postal)

    Mail (Postal) in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982 Domestic Mail There are four classes of mail: first, second, third, and fourth. Each class may involve some special form of handling: priority mail (air mail for items over 10 ounces), […]

  • Litigation Blanks

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