Search results for: “common law and equity”
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Certiorari
English Legal System: Certiorari In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Certiorari : (Latin: to be informed) See quashing order. Meaning of Certiorari in the U.S. Legal System Definition of Certiorari published by the National Association […]
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Forbearance
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forbearance Meaning of Forbearance Refraining entitled to act. Forbearance Alternative Definition A delay in enforcing rights; the act by which a creditor […]
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Forbearance
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forbearance Meaning of Forbearance Refraining entitled to act. Forbearance Alternative Definition A delay in enforcing rights; the act by which a creditor […]
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Costs
In a judicial proceeding , the term costs means allowances made in favor of one litigant as against another. Includes all those expenses of litigation which one party has to pay to the other and they must be carefully distinguished from fees. The term also refers to statutory […]
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Rights
U.C.C. ̤̉1-201(36) states that the term Rights includes remedies.
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Actio utilis
An action for the benefit of those who had the beneficial use of property, but not the legal title; an equitable action. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 214. It was subsequently extended to include many other instances where a party was equitably entitled to relief, although he did not come within the […]
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Interpleader
The process by which a person who expects to be or has been sued by two or more parties , claiming the same thing or fund in his possession , and he not having any claim to it himself but being ignorant as to which of the parties has a right to same, obtains relief…
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Interpleader
The process by which a person who expects to be or has been sued by two or more parties , claiming the same thing or fund in his possession , and he not having any claim to it himself but being ignorant as to which of the parties has a right to same, obtains relief…
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Disturbance
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disturbance Meaning of Disturbance Any act causing annoyance, disquiet, agitation or derangement to another or interrupting his peace , or interfering with him in the pursuit of a lawful and appropriate […]
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Disturbance
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disturbance Meaning of Disturbance Any act causing annoyance, disquiet, agitation or derangement to another or interrupting his peace , or interfering with him in the pursuit of a lawful and appropriate […]
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Judex
(Lat.) In Roman Law. One who, either in own right, or by appointment of the magistrate for the special case, judged causes. Thus, the praetor was formerly called judex. But, generally, praetors and magistrates who judge of their own right are distinguished from jvdices, who are private […]
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Judex
(Lat.) In Roman Law. One who, either in own right, or by appointment of the magistrate for the special case, judged causes. Thus, the praetor was formerly called judex. But, generally, praetors and magistrates who judge of their own right are distinguished from jvdices, who are private […]
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Disclaimer
A disavowal; a renunciation; as, for example, the act by which a patentee renounces part of his title of invention. Of Estates. The act by which a party refuses to accept an estate which has been conveyed to him. Thus, a trustee is said to disclaim who releases to his fellow trustees his […]
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Disclaimer
A disavowal; a renunciation; as, for example, the act by which a patentee renounces part of his title of invention. Of Estates. The act by which a party refuses to accept an estate which has been conveyed to him. Thus, a trustee is said to disclaim who releases to his fellow trustees his […]