Tag: Funeral Law
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Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission in the United States See: Federal Trade Commission 2 Origins This American Commission was created by Act of the U.S. Congress, approved Sept. 26 1914, for the prevention of unfair methods of competition in commerce. It is composed of five […]
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Due Diligence
Due Diligence in the United States Due Diligence in Environmental Law See innocent purchaser.Based on "Environment and the Law. A Dictionary". Basic Meaning of Due Diligence Due Diligence means: the attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a person who […]
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Revocation
Revocation in the United States Revocation in Juvenile Law In this context, Revocation information is available through this American legal Encyclopedia. Basic Meaning of Revocation Revocation means: the omission or cancellation of an instrument, act, license, or promise. Revocation […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Administrative Law
Administrative Law in the United States The body of law that concerns the powers of and procedures to be used by administrative agencies. Administrative Law (Judicial Function) also includes the law that creates such agencies and the provisions that define the extent to which agency decisions […]
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Administrative Law
Administrative Law in the United States The body of law that concerns the powers of and procedures to be used by administrative agencies. Administrative Law (Judicial Function) also includes the law that creates such agencies and the provisions that define the extent to which agency decisions […]
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Stare Decisis
Stare Decisis in the United States Latin for "let the decision stand." Stare Decisis (Judicial Function) holds that once a principle of law is established for a particular legal situation, courts should adhere to that principle in similar cases in the future. The case in which the […]
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Mortgage
Mortgage in the United States Mortgage Definition The conveyance of an estate or property by way of pledge for the security of debt, and to become void on payment of it. 4 Kent, Comm. 136. An estate created by a conveyance absolute in its form, but intended to secure the performance of some […]
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Mortgage
Mortgage in the United States Mortgage Definition The conveyance of an estate or property by way of pledge for the security of debt, and to become void on payment of it. 4 Kent, Comm. 136. An estate created by a conveyance absolute in its form, but intended to secure the performance of some […]
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Tort
Tort in the United States Introduction A private or civil injury to a person or property. An injured party may bring suit, but tort actions do not represent a major portion of civil case filings. Rather, such claims are typically resolved prior to the filing of a lawsuit. The potential for […]
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Tort
Tort in the United States Introduction A private or civil injury to a person or property. An injured party may bring suit, but tort actions do not represent a major portion of civil case filings. Rather, such claims are typically resolved prior to the filing of a lawsuit. The potential for […]
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Negligence
Negligence in United States Negligence Definition The breach of a legal noncontractual duty to use care, with no precise intention of producing a particular injury thereby. See Shear. & R. Neg. §3; Beven, Emp. Liab. An inadvertent imperfection by a responsible human agent in the […]