ASSIGNMENT WITH PREFERENCES
the assignment that directs the creditors to be paid first in full before claims of other creditors are paid.
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the assignment that directs the creditors to be paid first in full before claims of other creditors are paid.
an order from the Internal revenue Service asking you to produce books and records and to testify.
contrary to the evidence as the verdict issued does not conform to the presented evidence.
In some states of the US this must be filed every year by the corporations doing b business in that state and attests to the fact that are not part of a
A person who takes a property before the heir has a chance to get the property.
Anything that is of concern to the community or general public.
The act of forcibly taking over an aircraft. See hijacking.
when the court takes the property and will hold it during the course of the trial. The property is security should the case be decided against the defendant.
This enables a person to act; it gives the authority for a person to carry out an act.
a philosophy of law resulting from analysing and comparing many legal concepts and does not depend upon any one theory or existing principles or laws.
This term applies to apparent authority and not actual authority.
The unqualified and the total agreement in accepting a liability or a responsibility.
The document that is recognised formally before an authorised official. The person who acknowledges the instrument says that it is authentic and has been executed freely and voluntarily.
Any person connected to a crime before or after it has happened, but was not present when the crime was committed. See aid and abet.
the second subpoena that is issued after the original subpoena failed to accomplish the purpose of it.
This the wrongful act of one person that interferes with the affection one spouse has for the other. This could be one a husband or wife is deprived of the others affection
This term is used to describe an attack that is carried with malice aforethought and has the intent to kill someone.
the organisation that is composed of the 2 largest labour unions in the USA, the American Federation of Labour and the Congress of Industrial Organisations.
Damages that are added on to the amount that is actually due or damages that are added as a punishment for the defendant. Added damages is sometimes called smart money.
the increase in value of property and does not usually include the increased value from renovations or improvements.
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