Search results for: “dependant”
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Family Provision
English Legal System: Family ProvisionIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Family Provision : Provision made by the courts out of the estate of a deceased person in favour of his family or *dependants. The court may award a family […]
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the […]
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Bona Vacantia
Goods to which no one claims a property, as shipwrecks, treasure trove, etc.; vacant goods. These bona vacantia belonged, under the common law, to the finder, except in certain instances, when they were the property of the king. 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 298, note. …
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Fatal Accidents
Fatal accidents in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of fatal accidents.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Work Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading fatal accidents […]
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Freedom of Testation
English Legal System: Freedom of TestationIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Freedom of Testation : A person’s right to provide in his will for the distribution of his estate in whatever manner he wishes. The principle is […]
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Acceleration of maturity
Essentially the same meaning of acceleration as in an acceleration clause, except that the acceleration of obligation is pursuant to the payee’s discretion, the exercise of which need not be made dependant upon any default by the obligor….
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Relevant Child
A child of the marriage under 16 at the time of the decree nisi or between 16 and 18 if in full-time education or training for a trade, profession or vocation. (A disabled and dependant child can be of any age)….
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Child, Children
An infant; an offspring male or female of human parents; progeny. Except as where modified by statute, at common law, the words child or children used in a legal document always meant a legitimate child or children. See In re Bryant’s Will, 110 N. Y.S.2d 485; Potter v Golden Rule Grocery […]