Search results for: “search and seizure”
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Penalty
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Penalty Meaning of Penalty A punishment . Suffering in person or property as a punishment annexed by law or judicial decision to a violation of law. Also a definite sum named in a contract , not as a […]
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Expropriation
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Expropriation Meaning of Expropriation The compulsory purchase of land or other property of a person by a municipal or other governmental authority usually in return for fair compensation. The right to […]
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Occupation
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Occupation Meaning of Occupation A vocation; the particular business , profession , trade or calling of a person , in which he is regularly or usually engaged. Also, the term denotes possession . See […]
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Occupation
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Occupation Meaning of Occupation A vocation; the particular business , profession , trade or calling of a person , in which he is regularly or usually engaged. Also, the term denotes possession . See […]
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Distress
The taking, without legal process , of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrongdoer into the hands of a party aggrieved , as a pledge for the redressing and injury , the performance of a duty, or the satisfaction of a demand . The term also signifies the property […]
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Total Loss
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Total Loss Meaning of Total Loss In the context of insurance , the term denotes that the subject of the insurance has been destroyed to an extent that a reasonably prudent owner , uninsured, would not […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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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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Forfeiture
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forfeiture Meaning of Forfeiture Denotes the loss of some right , property , benefit or privilege by a person as a result of having Committed a crime or breached some legal obligation imposed on him. […]
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Forfeiture
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forfeiture Meaning of Forfeiture Denotes the loss of some right , property , benefit or privilege by a person as a result of having Committed a crime or breached some legal obligation imposed on him. […]