Search results for: “common law and equity”
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Election
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Election Meaning of Election The exercise of choice by one left to free will to take or do one thing or another. An act of choosing, choice, active choosing by vote a person to fill an office , or to […]
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Opinion
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Opinion Meaning of Opinion A conclusion or belief held with confidence , after analysis of the facts and the law relating to a matter. Frequently the term is synonymous with judgment . <div […]
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Guardianship
The power of protective authority given by law, and imposed on an individual who is free and in the enjoyment of his rights, over one whose weakness on account of his age or infirmity renders him unable to protect himself. …
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Guardian Ad Litem
A guardian appointed for the purposes of a suit. The appointment of such is incident to the power of every court to try a ease (2 Cow. [N. Y.] 430), and the power is then confined to the particular case at bar (Co. Litt. 89, note 16). His duty is to manage the interest of…
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Guardian Ad Litem
A guardian appointed for the purposes of a suit. The appointment of such is incident to the power of every court to try a ease (2 Cow. [N. Y.] 430), and the power is then confined to the particular case at bar (Co. Litt. 89, note 16). His duty is to manage the interest of…
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Lien
A charge upon property of another either real or personal as security for the payment of a debt or performance of a duty in priority to the general debts of the owner . A tie that binds property to a debt or claim for it; satisfaction , as a right to possess and retain […]
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Lien
A charge upon property of another either real or personal as security for the payment of a debt or performance of a duty in priority to the general debts of the owner . A tie that binds property to a debt or claim for it; satisfaction , as a right to possess and retain […]
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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 […]
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Auditor
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Auditor Meaning of Auditor One who is qualified to examine and scrutinize accounts. One who officially examines and allows as proper and lawful , or rejects as unlawful , the items of an account or […]