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  • Duty

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Duty Meaning of Duty A tax, an impost or imposition; also, an obligation . Also the correlative of right . International Trade Meaning and Definition of Duty A tax […]

  • Joint Duty Of Support

    It shall be the joint duty of each spouse to support his or her family (see Family Law in Connecticut) , and both shall be liable for: (1) The reasonable and necessary services of a physi…

  • Election

    Election

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Election Meaning of Election The exercise of choice by one left to free will to take or do one thing or another. An act of choosing, choice, active choosing by vote a person to fill an office , or to […]

  • Carrier

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Carrier Meaning of Carrier A person holding himself out to transport goods and persons for hire. Carriers are of two kinds, common and private. A common carrier is one who invites all and sundry to […]

  • Lien

    A charge upon property of another either real or personal as security for the payment of a debt or performance of a duty in priority to the general debts of the owner . A tie that binds property to a debt or claim for it; satisfaction , as a right to possess and retain […]

  • Lien

    A charge upon property of another either real or personal as security for the payment of a debt or performance of a duty in priority to the general debts of the owner . A tie that binds property to a debt or claim for it; satisfaction , as a right to possess and retain […]

  • Bribery

    The corruption of any coercion . See U.S. v Adcock, 558 F.2d397.

  • Blackmail

    Synonymous with extortion. The extortion of money from a person by threats of accusation or exposure or opposition in the public prints; hush money; bribe to keep silence; obtaining value from a person as a condition of refraining from making an accusation against him, or disclosing some […]

  • Blackmail

    Synonymous with extortion. The extortion of money from a person by threats of accusation or exposure or opposition in the public prints; hush money; bribe to keep silence; obtaining value from a person as a condition of refraining from making an accusation against him, or disclosing some […]

  • Forfeiture

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forfeiture Meaning of Forfeiture Denotes the loss of some right , property , benefit or privilege by a person as a result of having Committed a crime or breached some legal obligation imposed on him. […]

  • Forfeiture

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forfeiture Meaning of Forfeiture Denotes the loss of some right , property , benefit or privilege by a person as a result of having Committed a crime or breached some legal obligation imposed on him. […]

  • Verdict

    The formal declaration of a jury given after the trial of a cause, as reported by the jury to the court on the question of fact submitted to it for decision. A verdict may be either general or special. It is general where the jury gives a finding on the case generally as when it…

  • Legal

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Legal Meaning of Legal lawful ; according to common law as distinguished from equity ; conforming to law; permitted or not forbidden by law. Synonyms of Legal […]

  • Presumption

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Presumption Meaning of Presumption Presumptions are either of fact or of law. Presumptions of fact are inferences which a court is at liberty , but not compelled, to draw from the facts proven before it. […]

  • Obligation

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Obligation Meaning of Obligation The act of obliging or binding; that which obligates; the binding power of a vow, promise , oath or contract . The origin of the word can be traced to Latin word obligato, […]