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MANDATORY STATUTE

a term given to s a law that will demand compliance and will leave nothing to discretion.

SPECIFIC BEQUEST

a legacy of a specified property or chattel to a particular person that is detailed in a will. See legacy, specific.

NO CONSIDERATION

there term given to the defendant’s response to the court that says the contract sued on is not valid.

SMALL BUSINESS ACT

the name of a federal law that has been enacted to aid small business enterprises.

GROUND FOR DIVORCE

These are the legal causes that allow a divorce to take place and differ in each state.

CRAFT UNION

This term is applied to a labour organisation, union, where all of the members are in the same occupation or the same trade.

PATRONAGE DIVIDEND

the term that is given to a refund or a dividend that is paid out of profits from a cooperative association.

UNLESS LEASE

a lease to drill for oil or gas that will terminate unless drilling starts by a set date.

RELATIVE FACT

the term that describes a fact that in important due to its relationship with another fact.

QUAE EST EADEM

a Latin phrase that means that the 2 things that appear to be different on the surface are actually the same matter.

STATUTE PERPETUAL

the law that stays in effect permanently and with no limit to when it will no longer be in effect.

RETROACTIVE STATUTE

a law that imposes a new obligation on past things or a law that starts from a date in the past.

CHECK

a signed document that instructs the bank or financial institution to pay the sum of money stated to the person or organisation whose name is on the cheque.

AFFAIR

A lawsuit, or a matter. Also known as a love relationship that is usually not marital.

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