Category: Notary Legal Terms
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Proof
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Proof Meaning of Proof The result or the effect of evidence ; frequently used as synonymous with competent and legal evidence; testimony . The logically sufficient reason for assenting to the truth of a […]
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Power of Attorney
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Power Of Attorney Meaning of Power Of Attorney An instrument in writing by which one person , as principal , appoints another as his agent and confers upon him the authority to perform certain specified […]
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Will
A document containing a disposition or a declaration by which the person making it expresses his wish as to the disposition of his property, to be performed or taking effect after his death. It includes a codicil. Its validity insofar as its execution is concerned depends entirely upon its […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Oath
A pledge or promise by which a person swears that a statement made or about to be made is true.
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Perjury
While statutory definitions of the term may vary slightly, generally, it is the wilful and corrupt false swearing or affirming, after an oath lawfully administered in the course of a judicial or quasi -judicial proceeding , as to some matter material to the issue or point in […]
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Misfeasance
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Misfeasance Meaning of Misfeasance Originally, the term was used to denote trespass . In general sense, the improper performance of a lawful act. Also an act of misconduct which causes injury to another. […]
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Misfeasance
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Misfeasance Meaning of Misfeasance Originally, the term was used to denote trespass . In general sense, the improper performance of a lawful act. Also an act of misconduct which causes injury to another. […]
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Venue
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Venue Meaning of Venue The county, the city or the town where an action or presecution is brought for trial. Originally, the term indicated only the locality of the crime, that is, where the crime took […]
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Witness
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Witness Meaning of Witness One whose statements and declarations under oath are received as evidence for some purpose, whether such statements or declarations are made on oral examination or by deposition […]
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Witness
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Witness Meaning of Witness One whose statements and declarations under oath are received as evidence for some purpose, whether such statements or declarations are made on oral examination or by deposition […]