Search results for: “collateral dispute”

  • Collateral Facts

    Facts not directly connected with the issue or matter In dispute. Such as afford no reasonable inference as to the principal fact. Greenl. Ev. § 52. …

  • Association

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Association Meaning of Association A union of persons for a common purpose, a confederacy . The persons so uniting. A body of persons not invested legally with corporate status . See Pacific Electric […]

  • Claim

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Claim Meaning of Claim The assertion of a right to a remedy , relief or property . Frequently used as synonymous with cause of action . The right to demand something of another. Frequently the term is […]

  • Grievance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Grievance Meaning of Grievance An injury , injustice or wrong which gives ground for complaint . In the field of industrial relations, particularly in unionized companies, the word grievance usually […]

  • Grievance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Grievance Meaning of Grievance An injury , injustice or wrong which gives ground for complaint . In the field of industrial relations, particularly in unionized companies, the word grievance usually […]

  • Representation

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Representation Meaning of Representation The act of representing. The state of being represented. A setting forth by statement or account . Also a statement made by one of the parties to a contract , […]

  • Rights

    Rights

    U.C.C. §1-201(36) states that the term Rights includes remedies.

  • Interpleader

    The process by which a person who expects to be or has been sued by two or more parties , claiming the same thing or fund in his possession , and he not having any claim to it himself but being ignorant as to which of the parties has a right to same, obtains relief…

  • Interpleader

    The process by which a person who expects to be or has been sued by two or more parties , claiming the same thing or fund in his possession , and he not having any claim to it himself but being ignorant as to which of the parties has a right to same, obtains relief…

  • Precedent

    A judgment or decision of a court of law considered as an authority for deciding a similar state of facts in the same manner or on the same principles, or by analogy. Under the doctrine of stare decisis, decided cases which lay down a rule of law are authoritative and must be followed. In […]

  • Precedent

    A judgment or decision of a court of law considered as an authority for deciding a similar state of facts in the same manner or on the same principles, or by analogy. Under the doctrine of stare decisis, decided cases which lay down a rule of law are authoritative and must be followed. In […]

  • Deposit

    Deposit

    In contracts for sale, particularly the sale of land, it is that part of the purchase price prepaid by way of security when the contract is entered into. If the contract is completed, then the deposit is applied against the purchase money . But its primary purpose is that it is a […]

  • Deposit

    Deposit

    In contracts for sale, particularly the sale of land, it is that part of the purchase price prepaid by way of security when the contract is entered into. If the contract is completed, then the deposit is applied against the purchase money . But its primary purpose is that it is a […]

  • Trial

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Trial Meaning of Trial The examination of a cause , civil or criminal , before a judge who has jurisdiction over it, according to the laws of the land, to determine which of two opposing sides is entitled […]

  • Trial

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Trial Meaning of Trial The examination of a cause , civil or criminal , before a judge who has jurisdiction over it, according to the laws of the land, to determine which of two opposing sides is entitled […]