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  • Protest

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Protest Meaning of Protest A solemn declaration of dissent . An express declaration by a person doing an act that the act is not to give rise to an implication which it might otherwise cause . In […]

  • Protest

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Protest Meaning of Protest A solemn declaration of dissent . An express declaration by a person doing an act that the act is not to give rise to an implication which it might otherwise cause . In […]

  • Exchange

    A transfer of property for property or some value other than money . barter . Even where money changes hands, in addition to property, it would still be an exchange. A trade is an exchange. Also, the place where merchants, businessmen, brokers, agents, etc., voluntarily […]

  • Abandonment

    Adoption Legal Definition of Abandonment Meaning of Abandonment Desertion of a child by a parent or adult primary caregiver with no provisions for continued childcare nor with any apparent intention to return to resume caregiving.Learn more […]

  • Expose

    A French word, sometimes applied to a vritten document containing the reasons or motives for doing a thing. The word occurs in diplomacy. To place in an unprotected situation. To exhibit. Exposure for sale implies an exhibition in a public place, not a private sale. 13 […]

  • Capital

    Hello Hello Legal Definition and Related Resources of Capital Meaning of Capital As an adjective, means chief , principal , or of pertaining to the death penalty , punishable with death. As a noun, in commercial parlance, means the fund or the […]

  • Attaint

    Attainted, stained, or blackened. A writ which lies to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false verdict. Bracton, lib. 4, tr. 1, c. 134; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 22, § 8. This latter was a trial by jury of twentyfour men impanelled to try the goodness of a former verdict. 3 Bl.…

  • Seisin

    The possession of land or a freehold tenure . At common law , the term imported a feudal investiture of title by actual possession. It is the relation in which a person stands to land or other hereditaments when he has in them an estate of freehold in possession; such a […]

  • Mesne

    Middle, intervening, intermediate, mean.

  • 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 […]

  • Gratuitous

    Gratuitous

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Gratuitous Meaning of Gratuitous Without payment or other consideration . Gratuitous Alternative Definition Without valuable or legal consideration. A […]

  • Gratuitous

    Gratuitous

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Gratuitous Meaning of Gratuitous Without payment or other consideration . Gratuitous Alternative Definition Without valuable or legal consideration. A […]

  • Possession

    Possession

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Possession Meaning of Possession Possession must be considered in every case with reference to the peculiar circumstances, the character and value of the property , the suitable and natural mode of using […]

  • Possession

    Possession

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Possession Meaning of Possession Possession must be considered in every case with reference to the peculiar circumstances, the character and value of the property , the suitable and natural mode of using […]

  • Equity

    Equity

    Equity in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of equity. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Equity (You may find equity at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of […]