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  • Positive Covenant (Of A Bond)

    A bond covenant that specifies certain actions the firm must take. Also called and affirmative covenant….

  • Negative Covenant

    One in negative form, whereby the covenantor binds himself not to do a particular thing. …

  • Bond Covenant

    A contractual provision in a bond indenture. A positive covenant requires certain actions, and a negative covenant limits certain actions….

  • Disjunctive

    (Alternative), adjective alternate discretional discretionary elective equivalent having the privilege to choose interchangeable noncompulsory nonobligatory not compulsory open to choice <li…

  • Human Rights

    Human rights English Spanish Translation of Human rights Derechos humanosFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries (like Human rights) and the Word […]

  • Bond

    Bond

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bond Meaning of Bond A contract under seal to pay a sum of money ; a contract under seal acknowledging a debt, present or future. This is a single bond. A double bond is one where there is a condition […]

  • Contract

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contract Meaning of Contract A deliberate engagement between competent parties upon a legal consideration to do or abstain from doing some act. It is essential to the creation of a contract that the […]

  • Proof

    Proof

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Proof Meaning of Proof The result or the effect of evidence ; frequently used as synonymous with competent and legal evidence; testimony . The logically sufficient reason for assenting to the truth of a […]

  • Building

    Anything erected by art, and fixed upon or in the soil, composed of different pieces connected together and designed for stand more or less permanently, enclosing a space within its walls, and usually, but not necessarily, covered with a roof.

  • Interest

    Interest

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Interest Meaning of Interest In relation to being objectively concerned in something, by having a right or title to, a claim upon, or a share in. legal concern in a thing; especially right or title to […]

  • Debt

    Debt

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Debt Meaning of Debt That which is due from one person to another, whether money , goods or services; that which one person is bound to pay or perform for another. Garsson v American Diesel Engine Corp., […]

  • Protocol

    Protocol

    Adoption Legal Definition of Protective Factors Meaning of Protective Factors Strengths and resources that appear to mediate or serve as a “buffer” against risk factors that contribute to vulnerability to maltreatment or against the […]

  • Easement

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Easement Meaning of Easement A right of the owner of one parcel of land, by reason of such ownership, to use the land of another for a special purpose not inconsistent with the general property in the […]

  • Public Policy

    The phrase is one of wide import covering all principles under which the freedom of contract or private dealings is restricted by law for the good of the community . The principle which declares that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to public welfare. […]

  • Right Of Action

    The right to bring an action vested in a person who has a right or claim before the action which is determined by the action to be a valid right or claim. A right of action is a remedial right while a cause of action is a substantive one. It pertains to remedy and relief…