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TRANSEXUAL

a person who chnages his sex with an operation.

INSURANCE FRATERNAL

the insurance policy for life, accident or disability for a person who is a member of a fraternal organisation.

COURT RECORD

the official written documentation of what happened during a trial or a hearing.

FAIR BOOK VALUE

The price of stock that is determined by evaluating the assets of a corporation minus its liabilities.

FINGERPRINTS

These are the marks that we all leave behind when we touch something. Each persons are distinct and will identify them.

UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION

the power that a trustee has where he can take action without first getting authorisation from the courts.

TENDER OF AMENDS

an offer by a person who has committed wrong to right that wrong by paying a sum of money to the person he has wronged.

PARTIAL PROBATE

a term that is used when a will is filed that contains parts that are not valid.

TYING IN

the name given to the practice of insisting you buy another product before you are able to buy the one you want.

SUSPENDED SENTENCE

1. To withhold executing a jail sentence on certain conditions. 2. A sentence that si given by the court that is not actually served.

LEGAL SUBROGATION

the term used when a person who doesn’t owe the debt pays it and then is entitled to remedies offered by the creditor. This term is the device that forces the person

STRING CITATION

to name the case references that were consulted in the reaching of a conclusion.

VOLUNTARY PAYMENT

1. To willingly pay a debt. 2. Paying an illegal demand such as a bribe when it is asked for.

ESTOPPEL BYCONTRACT

a bar that will renounce or renege that facts that have already been agreed to in a contract.

SERVICE OF PLEADING

a term for the formal delivery, to the plaintiff or his attorney of the answer to the charges.

COMMUTATIVE CONTRACT

the name that is given where each party will receive an equivalent or mutual benefit and obligation.

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