DUMMY CORPORATION
This term is given to a company that functions as a legal enterprise but really has nor purpose at all in the corporation.
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This term is given to a company that functions as a legal enterprise but really has nor purpose at all in the corporation.
a term used to describe something that is unreasonable or beyond the normal bounds.
1. A matter that relates to any level of government. 2. an event open to the public. 3. A thing that is well known to the general public.
This term is given to witness who gives a believable testimony.
This term is applied to the blanket denial that covers all charges.
the title given to the remaining estate after all of the bequests have been made.
1. To seek or to plead, to entreat and ask. 2. To lure or tempt a person.
the name given to a child who is born of married parents or a child born out of wedlock who has acquired legitimacy.
a Latin phrase that means a claim has arisen from the breaking of a law.
a term given to a book that is for the purpose of teaching a subject’s fundamentals.
1. To pronounce or to declare. 2. To be approved by authorities. 3. A document that allows a prisoner a temporary leave.
a clause that allows a different distribution of property than that was originally prescribed.
the name that is given to a bond that issued on the seizure of merchandise that is subject to conditions for is restoration to a defendant.
The child who is not the natural child of the parents but has become a true child by legal action. Can be considered a legal heir.
a term that is applied to a case that is similar to another case in all aspects.
the drawing of a cheque on a bank account that has not got the money to pay it.
a term where a capital is committed to make an income from it.
the name that is given to a consulate of a government who assumes the duties of a consul.
1. Robbing a person from behind and putting an arm around their neck so they are unable to retaliate. 2. Any type of hold up the occurs on the street.
These are the written statements of claims that are presented to a court of equity.
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