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Most Popular Legal Definitions
after-acquired property
1) personal or real property acquired by a debtor after he or she has agreed
that all his or her property secured a debt; the new property also becomes
security for the debt 2) property acquired by the bankrupt person after he or
she has filed papers to be declared bankrupt; this after-acquired property is
not included in the assets which may be used to any debts which existed at the
time of the bankruptcy filing
non joinder
the omission of a plaintiff of defendant from a legal proceeding who should have
been included
words of purchase
Words which specifically name the person to whom the land is being
conveyed.
freight
The money paid by a person for the
transportation of goods.
society
A group of people formed as a separate organization and which has as a stated
purpose some charitable or benevolent purpose.
franchise
1) to grant freedoms or rights to an individual
or party 2) a business relationship in which a primary owner grants license or
permits other businesses to utilize space or trademarks
eggshell skull doctrine
A tort-feasor or a wrongdoer takes his victim as
he finds him
lex scripta
Latin, written law; statutes.
legal custody
A child custody decision which entails the right
to make, or participate in, the significant decisions affecting a child's health
and welfare.
nullity
Something which may be treated as nothing.