form of asseveration which approaches very nearly to an oath. Wolff. Inst. Nat.

This is an amount of money that needs to be set aside that will be enough to cover any credit losses that will occur. It can be estimated from previous […]

This is the amount of money that needs to be set aside to pay any income taxes for a certain year. These payments can be made every quarter or at […]

Temporary; preliminary ; tentative; taken or done by way of precaution or ad interim.

a temporary federal court that is set up in territory that has been conquered in a war.

This income is achieved by adding gross income , interest that is tax free, 50% of benefits from social security and subtracting the necssary adjustment amount. This amount is then […]

a term that is used to describe the temporary injunction or a preliminary restraining order .

a court order that is made during a trial or a law suit and is only temporary until final outcome is delivered.

This is a temporary rate that can be adjusted at any time in the future. It is not a set rate and be a rate that is later altered to […]

This is a court order that is temporary and is in place until the matter has been decided by a court. It is place until the permanent order is attained.

Lat. In English history. Those acts of parliament which were passed to curb the arbitrary power of the crown. See PBOVISION.

This is the determination of the materials that are needed to carry out a project. It will list the type and number of materials or parts and other services that […]

Food; victuals; articles of food for human consumption . See Boteler v. Washington, 3 Fed. Cas. 962; In re Lentz; (D. C.) 97 Fed. 4S7; Nash v. Farrington, 4 Allen […]

A condition or provision which is inserted in a deed, lease, mortgage, or contract, and on the performance or nonperformance of which the validity of the deed, etc., frequently depends; […]

In English practice. A trial brought on by the defendant, in cases where the plaintiff, after issue joined, neglects to proceed to trial; so called from a clause in the […]

In old English law . A provider, or purveyor. Spelman. Also a person nominated to be the next incumbent of a benefice (not yet vacant) by the pope.

exchange to the drawee in order to meet the bill, or property remaining in the drawee’s hands or due from him to the drawer, and appropriated to that purpose. In […]

The principal magistrate of a royal burgh in Scotland; also a governing officer of a university or college.

In English law . An officer of the royal navy who had the charge of prisoners taken at sea, and sometimes also on land. In military law , the of- […]

Lat In the civil law . A broker; one who negotiated or arranged the terms of a contract between two parties, as between buyer and seller; one who negotiated a […]

Immediate; nearest; next in order.

Proximate damages are the immediate and direct damages and natural results of the act complained of, and such as are usual and might have been expected. Remote damages are those […]

Also known as direct cause . The result of an direct action and cause of loss to property that sets in motion a chain of events that is unbroken and […]

the expected outcome from the ordinary and usual course of events.

Kindred between two persons. Dig. 38, 16, 8. Proximus est cui nemo antecedit,