SEAL CORPORATE
the official seal of a corporation that is usually affixed to all of its legal documents.
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the official seal of a corporation that is usually affixed to all of its legal documents.
a term to amend or correct and to put a document into its legal language and proper form.
a term that is applied to the upholding of a decision, the interpretation or the ruling of a court.
1. To withhold executing a jail sentence on certain conditions. 2. A sentence that si given by the court that is not actually served.
the term for a temporary sentence while waiting for a final decree.
See per stipes.
This means to temporarily place a juror aside by the prosecuting attorney until the entire panel of jurors has been decided.
the name that is given to a bond that the parties in dispute submit to an impartial arbitrator.
a term that applies to a decline in a person’s mental faculties that is often occasioned by old age.
a law that only affects one person and not a whole community and is the opposite of a general statute. See statute private.
a maritime lien by a person who has helped in saving a ship, part of a ship and or its cargo. Maritime law recognises theses liens o be legitimate.
a principle that states a person may be cleared of negligence if he encounters a danger that is not of his own making.
a term given to the situation where a group of people will band together for the performance of a contract.
This term describes the situation where an accused is subjected to constant questioning, without being allowed to sleep, rest, drink or eat.
an agreement by a husband and a wife to live apart and may contain provisions for support.
an organisation with the main function of social contact between members and is not related to making money. These clubs are exempt from federal income taxes.
a term that is applied to the good and fair value of something.
the term that is given to an offense that is created by a statute.
These are the rights that are granted to a person or a group of people that may not be granted to everyone universally.
the name that is given to testimony that is given under an oath.
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