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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.