Search results for: “common law trust”
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Common-Law Trust
See alsoSee massachusetts trust (in U.S. law) …. (Read more)…
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Commercial Law
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Commercial Law Meaning of Commercial Law Term which describes the law governing rights of those engaged in commerce and trade . The meaning of the term varies with its context. See Brooklyn City & Newton […]
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Competition Law
English Legal System: Competition LawIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Competition Law : The branch of law concerned with the regulation of *anticompetitive practices, *restrictive trade practices, and abuses of a dominant position […]
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Common
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Common Meaning of Common Belonging to the community at large ; of frequent or ordinary occurrence or appearance ; characteristic of the lower classes; public , general , familiar, usual and ordinary. […]
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Constructive Trust
A constructive trust is raised by a Court of Equity wherever a person, clothed with a fiduciary character, gains some personal advantage by availing himself of a situation as trustee. It is not a trust created by the intentional act of the settler of the trust but one that is raised by […]
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Resulting Trust
The doctrine of resulting trust is an equitable one arising from the nature or circumstances of consideration involved in a transaction ; it is a trust implied by law as distinct from an expressed trust. Broadly the resulting trust may be categorized into two classes; firstly where […]
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Massachusetts Trust
A trust created for the operation and conduct of a business enterprise; also known as common law companies, and business trusts. …
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Common-law Dedication
The difference between a statutory and a common-law dedication is that one vests the legal title to the ground set apart for public uses in the municipal corporation in trust for the public, while the other leaves the legal title in the owner, charged with the same rights and interests in […]
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International Organisation
Hierarchical Display of International organisation International Relations > International affairsInternational Organisations > Extra-European organisations > African organisationInternational Organisations > World organisations > World organisationInternational Organisations > […]
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Bond
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bond Meaning of Bond A contract under seal to pay a sum of money ; a contract under seal acknowledging a debt, present or future. This is a single bond. A double bond is one where there is a condition […]
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Interest
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Interest Meaning of Interest In relation to being objectively concerned in something, by having a right or title to, a claim upon, or a share in. legal concern in a thing; especially right or title to […]
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Merger
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Merger Meaning of Merger In relation to corporations, the term denotes the amalgamation of two corporations to form a new one. The absorption of one corporation by another, which retains its name and […]
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Consortium
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Consortium Meaning of Consortium A term generally used in matrimonial law denoting companionship, love, affection, comfort , mutual services, sexual intercourse – all belonging to the married state – […]
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Police
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Police Meaning of Police That function of the government which relates to the detection and arrest of offenders, the preservation of the public peace , the enforcement of the laws. Also, the constabulary […]
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Maintenance
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Maintenance Meaning of Maintenance Has a variety of meanings, depending upon the context. In relation to dependents, the term means primarily food, clothing and shelter; also includes such items as […]