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Most Popular Legal Definitions
constructive trust
a trust which a court declares or imposes onto participants in very specific
circumstances such as those giving rise to an action for unjust enrichment, and
notwithstanding the lack of any willing settlor to declare the trust
tenure
A right of holding or occupying land or a
position for a certain amount of time.
labor
1) to work; to perform a duty or job 2)
exertion; collective group of workers
postnuptial agreement
A separation agreement.
lis pendens
Latin, a dispute or matter which is the subject of ongoing or pending
litigation.
check
A draft upon a particular account in a bank, in which the drawer directs the
bank to pay a certain amount to a third party.
water-boarding
A criminal investigation interrogation technique
whereby a person is blindfolded and placed on their back, sometimes covered in
material, and subjected to water poured over their mouth and nose in order to
simulate drowning.
defalcation
1. defaulting on a debt or other obligation such to account for public or trust
funds; usually used in the context of public officials. 2. defalcation has
another legal meaning referring to the setting-off of two debts owed between two
people by the agreement to a new amount representing the balance
movable
Civil law: things not attached to land and which may be carried from place to
place.
domestic animal
A pet; dogs, cats or other tame animals or birds
and which serve some purpose for its owner or others.