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  • 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 […]

  • Power

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Power Meaning of Power The right , ability, capacity or legal authority to do some act which a person cannot do without the power. Ability of a person to produce change in legal relation by doing or not […]

  • Power

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Power Meaning of Power The right , ability, capacity or legal authority to do some act which a person cannot do without the power. Ability of a person to produce change in legal relation by doing or not […]

  • Rights

    Rights

    U.C.C. §1-201(36) states that the term Rights includes remedies.

  • Common

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Common Meaning of Common Belonging to the community at large ; of frequent or ordinary occurrence or appearance ; characteristic of the lower classes; public , general , familiar, usual and ordinary. […]

  • Guaranty

    Guaranty

    An undertaking to answer for another’s liability, and collateral thereto. A collateral undertaking to pay the debt of another in case he does not pay it. Shaw, C. J., 24 Pick. (Mass.) 252. 194 111. App. 514. It is distinguished from suretyship in being a secondary, while that is a […]

  • Assets

    Assets

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Assets Meaning of Assets Used and well understood as including all kinds of property . Property of any kind, real or personal , tangible or intangible , legal or equitable, which can be made available for […]

  • P. & I. Insurance

    P. & I. Insurance in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of P. & I. Insurance, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: [Translation of P. & I. Insurance in French: “assurance de protection et […]

  • Stock Options

    Stock Options Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)The The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Stock Options in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Right to purchase or sell a specified number of shares of stock at specified […]

  • Certificate of Incorporation

    The formal document issued by the Secretary of State recognizing the coming into being and existence of a corporation.

  • Contributory

    As a noun relates to the winding up of companies. A person liable to contribute to the assets of a company upon it being wound up. Generally, a shareholder who has not paid up his stock in full.

  • Companies Court

    Companies Court in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Companies Court. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw […]

  • Other

    Different or distinct from that already mentioned, additional or further. Ordinarily, the term is used in the context of a class of things and has to be read ejusdem generis