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Most Popular Legal Definitions

after-acquired property

1) personal or real property acquired by a debtor after he or she has agreed that all his or her property secured a debt; the new property also becomes security for the debt 2) property acquired by the bankrupt person after he or she has filed papers to be declared bankrupt; this after-acquired property is not included in the assets which may be used to any debts which existed at the time of the bankruptcy filing

militia

a military body composed of normal citizens called upon in emergencies or to protect specific interests 

avulsion

the change in the border of two properties due to a sudden change in the natural course of a stream or river, when the border is defined by the channel of the waterway; the most famous American case is the Mississippi River's change which put Vicksburg on the other side of the river

charter

1) the act of an established body giving sanction or bestowing rights on an individual or party, usually in writing 2) an enumerated privilege

unfair dismissal

A dismissal of an employee in the absence of a substantial reason.

calendar call

hearing at which a case is set for trial

intestate

To die without a will.

deem

to accept a document or an event as conclusive of a certain status in the absence of evidence or facts which would normally be required to prove that status

tacit law

a law that is implied or derived from the people

tontine

 A rare agreement among several persons who agree hat each will invest in an annuity and the last to die will receive the remaining assets and profits.