Tag: Contracts

  • Lease

    Lease

    Lease in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of lease. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Lease (You may find lease at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more […]

  • Apprenticeship

    Apprenticeship

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Apprenticeship Meaning of Apprenticeship A contract by which one person who understands some art, trade, or business, and called the “master,” undertakes to teach the same to another person, […]

  • Mortgage

    Mortgage

    Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary) The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: An entity […]

  • Curator

    One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself; a guardian. There are curators ad bona (of property) , who administer the estate of a minor, […]

  • Authentic Act

    In civil law. An act which has been executed before a notary or other public officer authorized to execute such functions, or which is testified by a public seal, or has been rendered public by the authority of a competent magistrate, or which is certified as being a copy of a public […]

  • Locatio Rei

    (Lat.) In civil law. The hiring of a thing. It is a contract by which one of the parties obligates himself to give to the other the use and enjojrment of a certain thing for a period of time agreed upon between them, and in consideration of a price which the latter binds himself to…

  • Locatio Rei

    (Lat.) In civil law. The hiring of a thing. It is a contract by which one of the parties obligates himself to give to the other the use and enjojrment of a certain thing for a period of time agreed upon between them, and in consideration of a price which the latter binds himself to…

  • Policy Of Insurance

    A contract of insurance whereby for a stipulated consideration, one party, namely, the insurer, undertakes to indemnify the other, namely, the insured, against damage or loss, on a certain subject, by certain perils. The actual instrument embodying the contract is known as the policy of […]

  • Acquisition

    The act by which a person procures the property of a thing. The thing the property in which is secured. Original acquisition is that by which a man secures a property in a thing which is not at the time he acquires it, and in its then existing condition, the property of any other […]

  • Acquisition

    The act by which a person procures the property of a thing. The thing the property in which is secured. Original acquisition is that by which a man secures a property in a thing which is not at the time he acquires it, and in its then existing condition, the property of any other […]

  • Quit Claim

    A deed that conveys or releases the interest or title of the grantor in and to the property described in the deed as opposed to conveying the property itself. It is a deed which purports to convey only such title or interest as the grantor has. See Moelle v Sherwood, 148 U.S. 21, 13 S.Ct.…

  • Affirmance

    The confirmation of a voidable act by the party acting, who is to be bound thereby. The term is in accuracy to be distinguished from ratification, which is a recognition of the validity or binding force, as against the party ratifying, or some act performed by another person, […]

  • Affirmance

    The confirmation of a voidable act by the party acting, who is to be bound thereby. The term is in accuracy to be distinguished from ratification, which is a recognition of the validity or binding force, as against the party ratifying, or some act performed by another person, […]

  • Acceptance

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

  • Condition

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Condition Meaning of Condition state or mode in which a person or thing exists. In real estate law, the term condition denotes any qualification , restriction or limitation annexed to a gift, and […]