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IMMATERIAL FACTS

These are facts that are not relevant or essential to the issues that are under consideration.

NEE

a word used to indicate her name before she was married. It is French word for previously known as.

FUTURE EARNINGS

This term is applied to the earnings an injured would have made if he had not have been injured.

CONSUL GENERAL

This term is applied to the officer of the government who will preside over a consulate of his government in a foreign country.

MORAL COERCION

a term that means to exert extreme pressure on a person to make them do or not do a thing.

OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE

a term that is given to the financial assistance that is given to the poor and the elderly people.

EXCLUSIONARY CLAUSE

a provision in a contract that will restrict the actions a party can take when the other person fails to fulfil the contract.

DEMAND PAPER

This term describes a debt that is due and is payable on demand.

IMMUNITY FROM SUIT

the term used for people who are free from legal action due to reasons of public policy.

PRUDENT PERSON DOCTRINE

a rule where the estate’s trustee will only invest the finds of the estate in low risk and safe investments.

UNCONTESTABLE CLAUSE

a clause in a life insurance policy that means the insurer cannot contest a claim if a policy has been in force for a set period of time.

PARTIAL PARDON

a term that is applied when a person is forgiven for only part of a transgression and still needs to pay the penalty for the remaining offense.

VALUE NET

A term in insurance policies when the insurer must keep an amount aside from annual premiums in order to meet his obligations to the insured person.

COMPLETE

a term that means something is full or finished and is not lacking in any way and is a complete copy or a complete legal title.

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