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  • Cashier

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cashier Meaning of Cashier The business officer of a bank but only in the sense of one who transacts and not one who regulates or controls the affairs. As has been quaintly said he is the hands of the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Check

    A particular form of demand for money on a bank. A written order on a bank for payment of money on demand. state v Crawford, 13 La. Ann. 300. A check is a written order or request for the payment of money addressed to a bank or banker. Rogers v Durant, 11 S.Ct. 754, 140…

  • Purchaser

    Purchaser

    One who buys property . One who acquires property in any mode other than by descent . A person who takes by purchase . U. C. C. §1-201(33). transferee of a voluntary transfer , and includes immediate or mediate transferee of such a transferee. 11 U.S.C. §101(32).

  • Hotel

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Hotel Meaning of Hotel A house for entertaining strangers or travelers – an inn – and refers also to premises where not only rooms are supplied but also the ordinary needs of the traveller for meals or […]

  • Inn

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Inn Meaning of Inn A public house in which food, lodging and other accommodations are offered to guests or travellers for compensation. Although at common law , an inn was a place where travellers would […]

  • Credit

    Credit

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Credit Meaning of Credit belief in a person ‘s trustworthiness. Credibility. The time allowed to the purchaser of goods or services for payment for the same. A sum placed at a person’s disposal in the […]

  • Complete

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Complete Meaning of Complete Finish, accomplish that which one has set out to achieve or that which one contracted to do. service of a document is complete when it is deposited in the mail. See Douglas v […]

  • Express

    Clear ; definite ; explicit ; unmistakable; not dubious or ambiguous. The word is usually contrasted with implied .

  • Adverse Occupation

    Adverse occupation in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of adverse occupation.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Officer Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading adverse […]

  • Gipsy

    Gipsy in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of gipsy.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Work Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading gipsy in A Dictionary of Law […]

  • Article

    Thing or object . A separate and distinct part, comprised of one or more paragraphs, of a formal legal document, statute , or constitution .

  • Before

    Prior to, in point of time; ahead in space; in the presence of; under the official purview of.

  • Baggage Lien

    A lien which a carrier has on the baggage of a traveller to secure the payment of travel fees. In an age of prepaid travel, it is of minimal significance….

  • Foreign

    Belonging to another nation , country or jurisdiction .