Search results for: “full powers”
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Commission
An authority to do some act, such as the authority of an agent to enter into a contract or the authority of an officer to hold the office or title . An amount payable to an agent upon the agent performing the act contracted for. Usually expressed in terms of a percentage , but […]
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Competence
Sufficient ability or fitness for ones needs. Possessing the necessary abilities to be qualified to achieve a certain goal or complete a project….
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Competence
Sufficient ability or fitness for ones needs. Possessing the necessary abilities to be qualified to achieve a certain goal or complete a project….
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Letters of Administration
When a person dies intestate , the probate court having jurisdiction will issue to the proper person an authority under the seal of the court, called Letters of administration . The person to whom such authority is granted is called the administrator and upon such grant […]
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Letters of Administration
When a person dies intestate , the probate court having jurisdiction will issue to the proper person an authority under the seal of the court, called Letters of administration . The person to whom such authority is granted is called the administrator and upon such grant […]
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Adoption
The act by which a person takes the child of another into his family, and treats him as his own. A juridical act creating between two persons certain relations, purely civil, or paternity and filiation. 6 Demolombe Code Nap. ÃÂÃÂÃÂç 1. As used in the law the word has a strict significance […]
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Ultra Vires
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ultra Vires Meaning of Ultra Vires Literally the term means beyond powers. In relation to corporations, an act is said to be ultra vires when it is beyond the purpose or power of a corporation, when such […]
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Disseisin
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disseisin Meaning of Disseisin The wrongful putting out of one who is actually seised of a freehold . The act of Wrongfully depriving a person of the seisin of land, rents or other hereditaments. In the […]
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Disseisin
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disseisin Meaning of Disseisin The wrongful putting out of one who is actually seised of a freehold . The act of Wrongfully depriving a person of the seisin of land, rents or other hereditaments. In the […]
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Abuse of discretion
Failure to exercise a sound reasonable discretion; arbitrary, untenable. The term is commonly used to justify an interference by a higher court with exercise of discretionary power by a lower court.