Legal Definition and Related Resources of Derivative

secondary , that which is coming from or taken from another that precedes. Also used in contradistinction to original .

Coming from another; taken from something preceding; secondary; as, derivative title, which is that acquired from another person. There is considerable difference between an original and a derivative title. When the acquisition is original, the right thus acquired to the thing becomes property, which must be unqualified and unlimited, and, since no one but the occupant has any right to the thing, he must have the whole right of disposing of it. But with regard to derivative acquisition it may be otherwise; for the person from whom the thing is acquired may not have an unlimited right to it, or he may convey or transfer it with certain reservations of right. Derivative title must always be by contract. Derivative Conveyances. Those which presuppose some precedent conveyance, and serve only to enlarge, confirm, alter, restrain, restore, or transfer the interest granted by such original conveyance. 3 Bl. Comm. 324.

adjective

• ascribable
• attributable
• caused
• coming from
• consequent
• consequential
• derívate
• derivational
• derived
• deriving
• descendant
• descended
• ensuing
• evolved
• following
• hereditary
• imitative
• resultant
• resulting
• secondary
• sequent
• subordinate
• subsequent
• subsidiary
• vicarious
• Associated Concepts: derivative action
• derivative authority
• derivative deed
• derivative jurisdiction
• derivative liabilities
• derivative powers
• derivative rights
• derivative stockholder’s suit
• derivative title

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Derivative in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of derivative.

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See Also

• Acquisition
• Conveyance

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• derivative in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• derivative in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis