(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance
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A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee.
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(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) immediate and direct physical control over property
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it
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Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…
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Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…
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To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the tr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important fe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deed, bond, written, engagement, delivered.
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