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Decision
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Decision Meaning of Decision A judgment or decree or order pronounced by a court in settlement of a controversy submitted to it. Act of deciding or settling a dispute or question by giving the judgment; […]
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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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Judge
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Judge (You may find judge at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). mid-14c., “public officer appointed to administer the law” (early 13c. as a surname), also judge-man; from Old French juge, from Latin iudex […]
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Domicile
The permanent home of a person , or that place where a man has his true fixed and permanent home and principal establishment and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning. The relation which the law creates between an individual and a particular […]
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Classification Of Guardian
What is Classification of Guardian? A definition of classification of guardian is: A guardian by statute or testamentary guardian is a guardian appointed for a child by the deed or last will of the father, and who has the custody both of his person and estate until the attainment of full age. […]
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Classification Of Guardian
What is Classification of Guardian? A definition of classification of guardian is: A guardian by statute or testamentary guardian is a guardian appointed for a child by the deed or last will of the father, and who has the custody both of his person and estate until the attainment of full age. […]
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Will
A document containing a disposition or a declaration by which the person making it expresses his wish as to the disposition of his property, to be performed or taking effect after his death. It includes a codicil. Its validity insofar as its execution is concerned depends entirely upon its […]
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Executor
One appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and bequests in his will and to dispose of the property according to his testamentary provisions after his decease. A woman thus appointed is called an executrix , although the term executor may apply to a woman if that is the […]
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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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Familia
(Lat.) In Roman Law. A family. This word had four different acceptations in the Roman law. In the first and most restricted sense it designated the pater-familias, his wife, his children, and other descendants subject to his paternal power. In the second and more enlarged sense it […]
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Familia
(Lat.) In Roman Law. A family. This word had four different acceptations in the Roman law. In the first and most restricted sense it designated the pater-familias, his wife, his children, and other descendants subject to his paternal power. In the second and more enlarged sense it […]