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Most Popular Legal Definitions
trustee
a person a entity who holds the assets of a
trustee for the benefit of the beneficiaries and manages the trust and its
assets under the terms of the trust stated in the declaration of trust which
created it.
disbar
to revoke an attorney's right to practice law due to some malfeasance
bad debt
an non-collectible debt
ratification
the act of approving or accepting an act
performed by another, applicable to both to individual actions and measures
proposed by an individual
lessee
The person to whom is granted exclusive possession of a thing under the terms of
a lease.
malfeasance
Doing something which is illegal.
motor vehicle
any self-propelled vehicle including trucks, cars, motorcycles, etc.; does not
extend to vehicles that operate on rails
estate
1) a term that commonly relates to the total sum of assets controlled by a
single person, usually determined for the purposes of a will or inheritance
after an individual dies 2) can also refer to someone's ownership or right of a
specific property
joint custody
A Court decision that both parents share joint legal custody and joint physical
custody
pension
A private or government fund, from which regular
benefits and stipends are paid to a person upon their retirement or
disability.