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(law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
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(civil law) An agreement by which a debtor gives a creditor the use of real property to be able to pay interest and principal of the debt.
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Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
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(law) The right of an attorney to retain a client's papers until the attorney's fees have been paid.
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A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
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The person who receives transfer or cession of a personal obligation from the cedent.
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(law) One who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee.
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(law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
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Synonym of claims adjuster
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(US law) The situation where a claim to title in real estate appears valid but may be legally defective.
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A trust created by operation of law where one party takes physical possession of property, but is legally required to use that property for the benefit of another party, in the absence of a written agreement.
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(law) The date at which the mortgagor becomes contractually obligated to the mortgagee in a real estate transaction.
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(obsolete) Entering into covenant; contracting.
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(law) A joint tortfeasor.
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(law) To bind oneself in contract.
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(countable, law, real estate) A legal agreement or promise, one of the English covenants of title and future covenants, whereby the grantor of a property assures the grantee that he or she will not be subject to the claims of someone with a paramount title, thereby guaranteeing the status of the title that is being conveyed.
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The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
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The state of being a creditor, of being owed money.
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Obsolete form of creditor. [(finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.]
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(law) In the law governing charitable trusts, the doctrine that a court may direct the funds of the trust to a best alternative, to be chosen when the original beneficiary is no longer a choice.
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(US) California Labor Code Section 2855, a law which prevents a court from enforcing specific performance of an exclusive personal services contract beyond the term of seven calendar years from the commencement of service.
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(law) A duty by which a party to an agreement is legally bound to pay the maturity of a debt at a time and in a manner as is stipulated within a given contract or promissory note.
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An action or act; something that is done.
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(law) One who establishes or executes a legal deed.
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A political agreement of mutual military assistance.
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(law) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity, irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
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Right; just title or claim.
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Obsolete spelling of duty [That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.]
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Obsolete spelling of indenture [(law) To bind a person under such a contract.]
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Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
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(law, archaic) The doctrine that a party is bound to a claim which that party made in order to induce another party to act.
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(law) The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.
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(law) One who holds a thing in trust for another.
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(law) The legal obligation of loyalty under which a fiduciary may have no conflict of duty between themselves and their principal, and must not profit from their position as a fiduciary.
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(law) A fee assessed against a party initiating a lawsuit, or other legal process, e.g. filing a patent.
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Alternative spelling of first-sale doctrine [(US, law) A legal doctrine that limits the rights of a copyright or trademark owner by allowing certain forms of distribution, such as enabling individuals to sell legally purchased copyrighted works to others.]
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(law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
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The person to whom something is granted.
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(law) Abbreviation of guaranty. [(law) An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security.]
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(law) An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security.
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(law) Describing an agreement or contract where one party assumes all liability resulting from it, thus making the agreement "harmless" for the other party.
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(law) A device by which a person establishes a trust for which there is neither a charitable purpose, nor a private beneficiary to enforce the trust (such as a trust for the care of pets or maintenance of cemetery plots), for which trustee is bound by honor, but not by law, to carry out the wishes of the trustor.
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Of, pertaining to, or arising from hypothecation, the pledging of property or mortgage as surety for a loan
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(law, of a legal obligation) Undertaken by or assigned to two or more parties, each having liability for the entire obligation.
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(law, idiomatic) A duty prescribed by the law, to act or forbear from acting.
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(law, idiomatic) A law dealing with defective items, especially automobiles, and consumers' rights.
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(law) A letter from a settlor to their trustees or a testator to their executors containing non-binding instructions.
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(law) A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate.
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Subject to a means test.
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(law) A duty which one owes and ought to perform on the basis of considerations of right and wrong, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill, as a duty to be charitable, a duty to pay a debt barred by the act of limitations, etc.
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(law) In common law, a promise that is not legally enforceable due to lack of consideration.
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(law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.
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(law, finance) The party bearing a legal obligation to another party (the obligee).
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(US, historical) To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
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One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.
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(law) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, e.g. contract, estate, etc.
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(law) An obligation created by the law in the absence of an agreement or contract; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties.
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The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
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(law) A provision in a contract that permits a party to that contract or another named party to have an opportunity to purchase, use, or otherwise obtain a specified object before it is offered to any other party.
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(usually with to) To take an action that asserts a property right in something.
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(law) A person filing an interpleader action, such as a garnishee or trustee, who acknowledges possession of property that is owed to one or more of several other claimants.
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(law) A statute that bars enforcement of an oral contract.
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A claim forming part of a larger claim.
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To give a grant of this kind.
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(law) to grant a sublicense
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(law) A bond issued by one party, the surety, guaranteeing that he will perform certain acts promised by another or pay a stipulated sum, up to the bond limit, in lieu of performance, should the principle fail to perform.
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(law) An accessory agreement through which one binds oneself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for one's debt, default or miscarriage; the assumption of liability for the obligations of another.
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In a way that is subject to taxation.
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company that verifies, certifies, holds an escrow for, insures, and holds responsibility for the real estate transactions.
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(law) An agreement that has the effect of tolling or suspending the course of a fixed period of time, as a statute of limitations.
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(law) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.
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(law) A deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.
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A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.
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(law) A person who creates a trust.
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To litigate a claim to property (most often real estate) or a public office.
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(obsolete, law) A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.
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(law) A form of warranty, in Scots law, in which a person conveying property was held liable for any outstanding claims on the property
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(law) A written order from a first person that instructs a second person to pay a specified recipient a specific amount of money or goods at a specific time.
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One to whom a warrant is granted.
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(countable, law) A legal agreement, either written or oral (an expressed warranty) or implied through the actions of the buyer and seller (an implied warranty), which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised, such as in a sale of an item or piece of real estate.
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Any of various rights afforded employees by the United States Supreme Court decision in NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. (1975).
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