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LEGAL ADDRESS
1. In Business, this is another name for a registered address. 2. In all other areas, this is an address that has a registered street or civic address including the […]
LEGAL AGE
The age at which the person acquires full capacity to make his own contracts and deeds and transact business generally ( age of majority ) or to enter into some […]
LEGAL AID
Free or inexpensive advice, assistance, or representation concerning the law. Given to those cannot afford it, based on jurisdictional criteria. Often, the situation to be contested needs a 50-50 percent […]
LEGAL AID SOCIETY
the name given to a non-profit organisation that gives legal help to people who are too poor to be able to afford it themselves.
LEGAL ASSETS
That portion of the assets of a deceased party which by law is directly liable, in the hands of his executor or administrator , to the payment of debLs and […]
LEGAL ASSISTANTS
the name that is given to the paralegal personnel and the people who assist the lawyers in their work.
LEGAL CAPACITY
Lawful capacity for an entity in its own name to enter into binding contracts, to sue and to be sued.
LEGAL CAPITAL
A company’s financial statement listing of a common stock ‘s current value .
LEGAL CAUSE
the term that is used for the real cause of an accident or an injury.
LEGAL CONSIDERATION
the term used when something is legally sufficient and makes a contract binding.
LEGAL COUNSEL
a term used to mean the services given by an attorney or refers to the attorney himself.
LEGAL CRUELTY
Such as will warrant the granting of a divorce to the injured party ; as distinguished from such kinds or degrees of cruelty as do not, under the statutes and […]
LEGAL CUSTODY
Documentary material or records under lawful control, ownership, with access to possess, or responsibility for.
LEGAL DAY
A juridical day . See fupra. And see HelTner v. Heffner, 48 La. Ann. 10S8, 20 South. 281.
LEGAL DEBTS
Those that are recoverable in a court of common law, as debt on a bill of exchange , a bond, or a simple contract . ltogers v. Daniell, 8 Allen […]
LEGAL DEFEASANCE
The lender can require debts be paid before stating the bond is paid in full when outstanding debts occurred on the bond.
LEGAL DEFENSE
(1) A defense which is complete and adequate in point of law . (2)A defense which may be set up in a court of law ; as distinguished from an […]
LEGAL DEFENSE COUNSEL
the name given to the attorney who will protect and try to acquit the defendant in a law suit.
LEGAL DEMAND
A demand properly made, as to form, time, and place, by a person lawfully authorized. Foss v. Norris, 70 Me. 118.
LEGAL DEPENDENT
This term describes the person that you need to support as obliged by the law.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Formal, detailed, and sufficient property / asset description that definitively identifies and locates a specific property. Intended as legal documents such as deeds.
LEGAL DETRIMENT
This occurs when a person who has been made a promise alters his position so he now assumes liability.
LEGAL DISPUTE
Contest / conflict / disagreement concerning lawful existence of (1) a duty or right, or (2) compensation , by extent or type, claimed by the injured party for a breach […]
LEGAL DUTY
An obligation arising from contract of the parties or the operation of the law. Riddell v. Ventilating Co., 27 Mont. 44, 69 Pac. 241. That which the law requires to […]