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CORPORATION LAW

These are the laws that govern the formation and the activities of corporations.

CASH SALE

a manner of payment that implies that the seller will be paid in cash.

CONSENT ORAL

the term that applies to a spoken consent usually when it is not possible to get written consent.

COUNTY SEAT

This name is given to the community where the courts and the administrative buildings are located.

CO-EQUAL

the term that is applied to something being the same rank, of the same value and equal to something else.

COVER UP

This term is given to mean to hide a thing that is unlawful or to evade and impede investigations.

CLAUSE OF RETURN

a clause in a deed that provides a right under set and specified circumstances that the property will be returned to the grantor.

COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS

the notary public who is authorised to acknowledge deeds from outside of the state to be used within the state.

COOPERATIVE APARTMENT

This term applies to an apartment where the tenant has interest in owning the building and he has a lease that entitles him to occupancy of his apartment.

CONDITIONAL LIMITATION

a term found in a lease that states that the lease is terminated if certain conditions are not met.

CONTINGENT FUND

a fund that is set up by a political body or a city that will pay all necessary expenses that could occur during the year.

CAVEATOR

Latin for a person who files an objection such a to that of a will.

CONVENING ORDER

a statement that says that the court was in session and did its business at a certain place at a certain time.

CLEARANCE CARD

a written note given to an employee by the employer that says why he left the job and what competencies he is able to do. Then employee gives this note to the

CUNNILINGUS

This term applies to the oral-genital contact between the mouth and the genitals of a woman.

CRIMES STATUTORY

These are crimes that have been created by existing statutes and not common law.

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