Search results for: “non forfeiture”
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Forisfacere
(Lat.) To forfeit; to lose on account of crime. It may be applied not only to estates, but to a variety of other things, in precisely the popular sense of the word forfeit. Spelman; Du Cange. To confiscate. Du Cange; Spelman. To commit an offense; to do a wrong; to do […]
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Forisfacere
(Lat.) To forfeit; to lose on account of crime. It may be applied not only to estates, but to a variety of other things, in precisely the popular sense of the word forfeit. Spelman; Du Cange. To confiscate. Du Cange; Spelman. To commit an offense; to do a wrong; to do […]
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Tenant
One who holds, uses or enjoys the property of another with his consent or by his permission or letting. In a narrower but more popular sense, a lessee . In order to constitute a tenant in the sense of a lessee, he must be in possession under a lease , written or oral, express or…
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Term
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Term Meaning of Term A fixed period , a prescribed duration. In relation to a lease , the word not only signifies the duration of the lease but also the estate granted or interested in the tenement . […]
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Benefit
Advantage; profit. In the context of certain social welfare legislations, the term means periodic payments made to a qualified recipient.
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Estate
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Estate Meaning of Estate The degree, quantity, nature and extent of interest which a person has in real property is usually referred to as an estate and it varies from absolute ownership down to naked […]
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Estate
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Estate Meaning of Estate The degree, quantity, nature and extent of interest which a person has in real property is usually referred to as an estate and it varies from absolute ownership down to naked […]
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Receiver
A person duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to collect and receive pending the action in which he is so appointed the rents, issues and profits of land or the produce of personal estate or other things in question , which it does not seem reasonable to the […]
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Foreclosure
A remedy available to a mortgagee when the mortgagor commits a default under the terms of the mortgage . See Anderson v Pilgram, 30 S.C. 499. 9 S.E. 587. The term means to debar the equity of redemption . When a mortgage falls into default a mortgagee may bring an action […]
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Foreclosure
A remedy available to a mortgagee when the mortgagor commits a default under the terms of the mortgage . See Anderson v Pilgram, 30 S.C. 499. 9 S.E. 587. The term means to debar the equity of redemption . When a mortgage falls into default a mortgagee may bring an action […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Treason
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Treason Meaning of Treason The act of levying war against the United States or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort . See United States federal constitution , article III, Section 3, […]
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Escheat
The reversion of property to the state as the ultimate proprietor of land, by reason of the lack of anyone to inherit it. An incident of tenure arising out of the feudal system whereby the escheated estate , on the death without heirs of the person last seized, escheats […]
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Dissolution
The act of putting an end to a legal relation . Thus the dissolution of a contract is the cancellation or abrogation of it by the parties themselves. The dissolution of a corporation means the termination of its existence as a body politic, either by an act of the legislature or by […]