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  • Respondentia

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Respondentia Meaning of Respondentia In maritime law. A loan of money, on maritime interest, on goods laden on board of a ship, upon the condition that, if the goods be wholly lost in the course of the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Agency

    A relation between two or more persons, by which one party, usually called the agent or attorney, is authorized to do certain acts for, or in relation to the rights or property of, the other, who is denoininated the principal, constituent, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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…

  • Process

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Process Meaning of Process The proceedings in any action or prosecution , real or personal , civil or criminal , from the beginning to the end; strictly, the summons by which one is cited into a court , […]

  • Special Agent

    As distinct from a general agent, a special agent is one to whom authority is delegated to do a single act not involving continuity of service . See Seigworth v state , 539 P.2d 464, 91 Nev. 536.

  • Special Agent

    As distinct from a general agent, a special agent is one to whom authority is delegated to do a single act not involving continuity of service . See Seigworth v state , 539 P.2d 464, 91 Nev. 536.

  • Hire

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Hire Meaning of Hire A bailment for a reward or compensation. Divided into four categories: (1)ÊÊ the hiring of a thing for use, e.g.. tools ; (2)Ê the hiring […]

  • Trustee Process

    In practice. A means of reaching goods, property, and creditors of a debtor in the hands of third persons, for the benefit of an attaching creditor. It is a process so called, in the New England states, and similar to the garnishee process of others. It is a process given by statute 15 of […]

  • 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 […]

  • AFOSI

    Afosi in the National Security Context A definition and brief description of Afosi in relation to national security is as follows:The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is the principal investigative service of the United States Air Force.

  • Requests And Offers

    Requests and offers in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, requests and offers is: market access negotiations in the WTO for goods and services usually proceed on the basis of bilateral requests and offers, except in the case of accession negotiations which are confined to requests by […]

  • Benefit

    Advantage; profit. In the context of certain social welfare legislations, the term means periodic payments made to a qualified recipient.

  • Domestic International Sales Corporation

    Domestic International Sales Corporation in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, domestic international sales corporation is: a corporate structure used in the United States until 1984, generally known as DISC. The principal benefit conferred by it was permission to defer payment of federal […]