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  • Jurisdiction

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jurisdiction Meaning of Jurisdiction The extent of legal authority and power . A term of large and comprehensive import , it generally denotes the lawful authority of a body to exercise power. The term […]

  • Electronic Signature

    Any Electronic Character, Symbol, Letter, Sound, Or Process That Has Been Attached To Or Logically Associated With An Electronic Record, And Executed Or Adopted By A Person With The Intent That It Shall Be His Signature….

  • Ethics

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ethics Meaning of Ethics The basic principles of right action . Ethics of a profession are the general body of rules, written or unwritten, relative to the conduct of the members of the profession […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Statute of Limitations

    Definition of Statute Of Limitations in the Free Online Notary Dictionary A Law That Sets A Time Limit On Initiating Criminal Prosecution Or A Civil Action.Find similar definitions of the Statute Of Limitations concept in the Notary […]

  • Deponent

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Deponent Meaning of Deponent witness ; one who gives information on oath or affirmation , respecting some fact known to him, before a judicial tribunal ; one who makes a deposition . See Bliss v […]

  • Forgery

    Specific offense in nature of counterfeiting and involves the manufacture of false or spurious document itself. Forgery includes any act which fraudulently makes an instrument purport to be what it is not. People v Susalla, 220 N. W.2d 405, 392 Mich. 387.

  • Grantor

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Grantor Meaning of Grantor A person who makes a grant . Grantor Alternative Definition He by whom a grant is made. […]

  • Venue

    Venue

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Venue Meaning of Venue The county, the city or the town where an action or presecution is brought for trial. Originally, the term indicated only the locality of the crime, that is, where the crime took […]

  • Escrow

    A writing , such as a deed or a release , sealed and delivered to a third party , i.e., a person not a party to the instrument , to be held by such third party until the fulfilment of certain conditions and then to be delivered by him to the other party to take…

  • Witness

    Witness

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Witness Meaning of Witness One whose statements and declarations under oath are received as evidence for some purpose, whether such statements or declarations are made on oral examination or by deposition […]

  • Witness

    Witness

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Witness Meaning of Witness One whose statements and declarations under oath are received as evidence for some purpose, whether such statements or declarations are made on oral examination or by deposition […]

  • Testimony

    Testimony

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Testimony Meaning of Testimony In technical sense, the term denotes evidence given orally under oath or by means of affidavits or depositions in a court or judicial proceeding . However, the term has […]

  • Testimony

    Testimony

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Testimony Meaning of Testimony In technical sense, the term denotes evidence given orally under oath or by means of affidavits or depositions in a court or judicial proceeding . However, the term has […]