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1. Religious Society Church, Religious Society From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Church, Religious Society (1): Bouvier's definition of "Church" is: "A society of persons who profess the Christian religion." Chief Justice Shaw's definition is: "The church [...]...
2. Officers Officers, Discipline, Property From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Officers, Discipline, Property (1): When a church society incorporates it becomes a private corporation, and the officers are bound to manage the property in the most upright and careful manner according [...]...
3. Suit Sect, Suit, Property From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Sect, Suit, Property (1): A number of people formed a congregation and became incorporated in 1810, the members being mostly of Presbyterian extraction. This independent congregation bought and paid for property, [...]...
4. Religious Service Business, Religious Service From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Business, Religious Service (1): A church organization has the legal right to make any contract concerning its own affairs that is not prohibited by its by-laws or its charter, subject to all laws of legal [...]...
5. Mortmain The Legal History of MortmainThis section provides an overview of Mortmain ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Mortmain in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) The Oxford Encyclopedia of [...]...
6. Discipline Use, Change, Parsonage, Discipline, Doctrine, Curate From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Use, Change, Parsonage, Discipline, Doctrine, Curate (1): When a fee simple is acquired by a religious corporation, without restriction as to quantity, but limiting the purpose of its [...]...
7. Office Office, God From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Office, God (1): The constitutions of Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas, prohibit a man from holding office who denies the existence of a Supreme Being; and the constitutions of Delaware, [...]...
8. Temporal Affairs Temporal Affairs, Management From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Temporal Affairs, Management (1): A majority of a religious corporation at a regularly called meeting may, by a vote taken, bind the minority in all temporal affairs.120 The character of membership in the [...]...
9. Management Management Management, Disability From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Management, Disability (1): An unincorporated society is managed by those who are competent to transact their own business. Therefore, it would seem that members must be men over twenty-one years of [...]...
10. Seceder Seceders, Funds From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Seceders, Funds (1): Nor can seceders from a religious denomination retain the funds in their hands as trustees on the ground that they were members of the society when the funds accrued.222 The title to church property [...]...
11. Independent Society, Foreign Language, Independent From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Society, Foreign Language, Independent (1): The formation of a society distinct from the rest of the congregation for the purpose of instruction in a portion of the doctrine of the same church in [...]...
12. Free Church Free Church, Seats, Lease From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Free Church, Seats, Lease (1): The trustees of a free church may assign seats and forcibly remove one from a seat without authority.454 Where a pew is real estate, a pewholder may acquire the right to it by [...]...
13. Unincorporated Church Unincorporated Church, Incorporated From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Unincorporated Church, Incorporated (1): The officers of an unincorporated church can only be elected by the members of the church, unless there is some law of the State or rule of the church that [...]...
14. Usage By-Laws, Usage From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about By-Laws, Usage (1): If there is no law of a religious society determining the mode of conducting an election, the corporation may provide by-laws therefor; and if the corporation should fail to make such by-laws, a long [...]...
15. Curate Curate, Services From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Curate, Services (1): In an action by a curate against a religious corporation for personal services, the court will not inquire into the spiritual relations existing between the parties, but will examine their legal [...]...
16. Incorporation Incorporation, Evidence From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Incorporation, Evidence (1): The certificate of incorporation or charter of a religious society or a certified copy thereof from the public record, is the proper evidence thereof.115 Secondary evidence and [...]...
17. Religious Tenets Conditions, Religious Tenets From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Conditions, Religious Tenets (1): In order to determine the conditions of a trust the religious tenets of the donor may be shown to aid in construction of ambiguous provisions.572 Resources Notes and [...]...
18. Religious Tests From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Religious Tests (1): The constitution of the United States provides that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."61 Resources Notes and References [...]...
19. Fund Dissolution Dissolution, Fund From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Dissolution, Fund (1): The corporation of a congregation can not by seceding and a majority vote dissolve the corporation where it is a part of a superior body.148 But the courts have plenary powers over corporations [...]...
20. Subordinate Subordinate, Incorporated From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Subordinate, Incorporated (1): A religious society subordinate to church judicatures, which declares itself independent and becomes incorporated under the general law of the state and subsequently purchases [...]...
21. Name Change Name, Change From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Name, Change (1): The name of an ecclesiastical corporation is arbitrary and a change or alteration in its name does not affect its identity.126 A charter will not be granted to a church with a name so like another church [...]...
22. Subsequent Constitution, Subsequent Laws From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Constitution, Subsequent Laws (1): An ecclesiastical society formed before the adoption of the state constitution is not by that constitution and subsequent laws concerning religious societies divested of [...]...
23. Deficiency Judgment Mortgage, Deficiency Judgment From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Mortgage, Deficiency Judgment (1): Where a mortgage had been foreclosed against church property before the congregation was incorporated, a deficiency judgment can not be rendered against such church [...]...
24. Vested Rights Control, Secede, Vested Rights From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Control, Secede, Vested Rights (1): The officers of a church corporation have control of the business management for all civil purposes, excepting as otherwise provided by the articles of organization, [...]...
25. Bishop Protestant, Ministers, Bishop From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Protestant, Ministers, Bishop (1): In most church organizations the authority is divided into superior and inferior. In countries where there is an established Protestant church, the superior authority is [...]...
26. Right of Property Right of Property, Civil Rights From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Right of Property, Civil Rights (1): Where there are several church tribunals one above another, when the highest tribunal having jurisdiction of the case has decided a question as to the right of [...]...
27. Secular Local, Secular Matters From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Local, Secular Matters (1): There is still another division of superior and inferior authority: the local corporation or congregation has nothing whatever to do with the doctrinal or disciplinary functions of the [...]...
28. Corporators Corporators, Change From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Corporators, Change (1): In isolated cases here and there it has been held that a majority of the corporators of a religious society has the right to change the form of church government, as from the Congregational [...]...
29. Religious Tolerance Religious Tolerance, Established Church From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Religious Tolerance, Established Church (1): The English law and English ideals prevailing in the original thirteen colonies,21 there was a strong effort made by many of the delegates to the [...]...
30. Excommunication Major Excommunication From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Major Excommunication (1): As excommunication non tolerati affects the rights of citizenship, it is not lawful in England nor the United States. To say that A. has been excommunicated in any form, if untrue, is [...]...
31. Hereditament Incorporeal Hereditament From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Incorporeal Hereditament (1): The English title in a pew is in the nature of a right of way through another's land; it is an incorporeal hereditament. In the absence of express law, the title to pews in [...]...
32. Uses Uses and Trusts From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Uses and Trusts (1): The chapter of the Wisconsin statutes on religious societies, although not included in the same title as the chapter abolishing all uses and trusts excepting as therein created, was not intended to [...]...
33. By-laws By-Laws By-Laws From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about By-Laws (1): By-laws of the different religious organizations differ widely, from the decrees of the great councils of the Catholic Church down to the vote of the congregation of an independent denomination. By-Laws, [...]...
34. Suits Suits, Parties From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Suits, Parties (1): When a church is incorporated, it should be sued in its corporate name; but when the bishop of the Catholic church holds the legal title to the land in litigation, he should be made a party.144 And if [...]...
35. Presumptions Presumptions, Usage From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Presumptions, Usage (1): The usage of a church or the laws of its organization as a religious society, if they are to be considered in deciding legal controversies, must be proved as facts.407 In the absence of [...]...
36. Purposes Purposes, Exempt From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Purposes, Exempt (1): Only church property that is actually used for church or charitable purposes, is exempt from taxation. Property held for its increase or profit is not exempt.587 Land bought for a church on which [...]...
37. School Sunday-School, Church From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Sunday-School, Church (1): An ordinary Sunday-school where the Bible and religious precepts are taught, is a church within the law.707 Resources See Also Credit Union Cooperative Collective Resources Notes and [...]...
38. Special Damages Business or Property, Special Damages From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Business or Property, Special Damages (1): A company incorporated for the purpose of transacting business which would include hospitals, schools, and industrial institutions, may maintain an action [...]...
39. Religious Membership Business, Religious Membership From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Business, Religious Membership (1): Unless there is some other law or rule to the contrary, the male members of the congregation over twenty-one years of age constitute the business membership of a [...]...
40. Right to Occupy Pew, Right to Occupy, Conditions From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Pew, Right to Occupy, Conditions (1): A grant of a church pew in perpetuity does not give the owner an absolute right of property as a grant of land in fee; but gives only a right to sit therein, [...]...
41. Religious Courts True Religion, Courts From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about True Religion, Courts (1): Ordinarily the civil courts do not interfere where there is a question as to which of two or more parties is adhering to the true religious teaching of the denomination. If no question [...]...
42. Factions Factions, Authority From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Factions, Authority (1): Where two factions of a church, each claiming to be the church, try members of the other faction, a court may determine which of the factions is the authorized authority or that the action [...]...
43. Trust Dissolution Dissolution, Resulting Trust From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Dissolution, Resulting Trust (1): On dissolution of a religious society, the money collected or derived from the sale of property goes back as a resulting trust to the contributors.585 Resources Notes and [...]...
44. Control Mother Church, Control From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Mother Church, Control (1): A majority of the members of a congregation can not by their vote leave the church and transfer the property of the congregation to another church so long as any portion of the [...]...
45. Name Name, Bequest, Corporation From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Name, Bequest, Corporation (1): A mistake in a name does not render a bequest or a gift void if the person intended can be identified.566 Also, a devise may be made to a corporation not yet organized and when [...]...
46. Seceders "Church," Seceders, Debt From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about "Church," Seceders, Debt (1): Where a religious society amended its constitution as provided therein, those who adhered to the amended constitution constituted the"church," and [...]...
47. Disturbing Disturbing a Religious Meeting From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Disturbing a Religious Meeting (1): Under a statute against disturbing a religious meeting, it has been held that it should define what disturbance is punishable.709Also, mere want of attention or [...]...
48. Pew Rights Catholic Church, Pew Rights From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Catholic Church, Pew Rights (1): In the Catholic Church, by the canon law, the ownership in or control over a pew is forbidden to laymen. Notwithstanding that, if the party holding the title violates the [...]...
49. Hand Vote Ballot, Hand Vote From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Ballot, Hand Vote (1): The vote of a religious society at an annual meeting for the election of officers that the officers shall always be chosen by ballot, does not vitiate an election of officers by hand vote at a [...]...
50. Supporting Church Supporting Church, Mississippi From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Supporting Church, Mississippi (1): In the early ages of the States several of them had laws for taxing all the property in parishes laid out by the State for the support of Protestant churches. Gradually [...]...
51. Direct Payment Contract, Direct Payment, Lease From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Contract, Direct Payment, Lease (1): No school of any denomination or sect is entitled to public moneys for its support, either by contract for the education of students therein or by direct payment from [...]...
52. Church Property In relation to religious matters, find out about Church Property and the following issues in this world legal Encyclopedia: Unincorporated, Trustee Charter, By-Laws Suits, Corporation, Members Deed, Court, Title Subscription, Lots Misnomer, Identity Adverse Possession, Color of Title ...
53. Withdrawal Bible, Constitution, Withdrawal From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Bible, Constitution, Withdrawal (1): A religious organization that takes the Bible as its constitution can not declare a member a seceder who interprets it contrary to the Augsburg Confession of the [...]...
54. Disturbances Injunction, Closing Church, Paying Money, Disturbances From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Injunction, Closing Church, Paying Money, Disturbances (1): A court of equity will issue an injunction against the trustees of a church from wrongfully closing it or keeping it [...]...
55. Sins Sins, Crimes, Discipline From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Sins, Crimes, Discipline (1): Crimes are offenses against the civil law. The fact that the church organization may try and punish a member for sinning, or acquit him, has nothing whatever to do with the [...]...
56. Treasurer Treasurer, Accepting a Draft From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Treasurer, Accepting a Draft (1): A parish treasurer has no authority under any condition to bind the corporation by accepting a draft in favor of a third person. A treasurer elected for the purpose of [...]...
57. Undertaker Sexton, Undertaker, Authorities From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Sexton, Undertaker, Authorities (1): The sexton who has charge of the church property may lawfully remove from the church an undertaker who, after being warned to desist and leave, persists in conducting [...]...
58. Official Acts Official Acts, Subscriptions From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Official Acts, Subscriptions (1): The official acts of a minister coming in question incidentally, unless contrary to the statute, are as valid as the official acts of any other officer.190 A clergyman who [...]...
59. Subscriptions Incorporated, Subscriptions From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Incorporated, Subscriptions (1): The members of an incorporated poll parish are not individually liable on a judgment and execution against the corporation, excepting on the unpaid subscriptions.218 [...]...
60. Church Tribunal Church Tribunal, Courts From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Church Tribunal, Courts (1): Courts are reluctant to interfere in the church doctrine or discipline or inquire into the regularity of the proceedings of the church tribunal. When such tribunal has deposed a [...]...
61. Bodies Abandoned, Bodies From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Abandoned, Bodies (1): When a cemetery has been abandoned, those who have relatives buried there may incorporate it for preservation.793 Also, a corporation may change its cemetery and remove the bodies interred [...]...
62. Ground Charter, Ground, Members From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Charter, Ground, Members (1): An application for a charter to incorporate a cemetery need not specifically locate the ground.761 The charter or the articles of incorporation, or by-laws made under them, [...]...
63. Regular Church, Regular From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Church, Regular (1): In church organizations those who adhere to the regular order of the church, legal and general, though a minority, are the true congregation and constitute the corporation if incorporated.128 [...]...
64. Tax Assessment Tax, Assessment From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Tax, Assessment (1): A tax assessed upon the pew of a religious corporation in part for purposes not specifically named in a deed of the pew, which alone gives the power to make such an assessment and which strictly [...]...
65. Church The Legal History of Church and State in United States Law This section provides an overview of Church and State in United States Law Church, Religious Society From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Church, Religious Society (1): A church in one sense is more limited than a [...]...
66. Building Committee Note, Building Committee From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Note, Building Committee (1): In an action on a note given by the pastor of a church for money borrowed to pay bills for the erection of the church building, in which the plaintiff sought to charge the building [...]...
67. Special Purpose Special Purpose, Suit From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Special Purpose, Suit (1): When money is subscribed for a special purpose, as for rebuilding a church, it belongs to the church organization; and in a suit to recover the money the action should be brought in the [...]...
68. Dissolution Dissolution in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: The means by which a Legislature comes to an end before an election....
69. Ecclesiastical Corporations Ecclesiastical Corporations, Religious, Quasi-public Corporations From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Ecclesiastical Corporations, Religious, Quasi-public Corporations (1): Ecclesiastical corporations, in the sense in which the word is used in England, Germany, and [...]...
70. Board Control Board, Control From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Board, Control (1): When the laws of the organization give control of matters to the board of trustees, the majority of the members of the church can not control the action of the trustees contrary to the usages and [...]...
71. Pew Members Members, Pew From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Members, Pew (1): Members of the congregation may be required to pay for a pew or sitting in the church, and where a priest ejected a member from the church because he would not rent a pew, he was sustained by the [...]...
72. Sects Bequest, Sects, Condition From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Bequest, Sects, Condition (1): Where a bequest was made to erect a place of worship with the privilege for other sects to worship therein and forever to be used as such, the trustees in whom the title vested [...]...
73. Selling Pew on Execution From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Selling Pew on Execution (1): In an action to recover the value of a pew sold at auction, the merits of the case will be tried according to the law of the land.449 It is doubtful whether a pew in a church can be sold for private debts [...]...
74. Standard Doctrine, Standard From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Doctrine, Standard (1): To ascertain the tenets and doctrines of a church, resort must be had to history and to prior and contemporary standard writings of its members on theology.31 Resources Notes and References [...]...
75. Y M C A From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Y M C A (1): The Y. M. C. A. on account of giving lunches, lectures, and having a gymnasium, for which charges are made, is not a charitable institution so as to be exempt from liability in case of negligence. Property is exempt only [...]...
76. Forfeiture Introduction to Forfeiture Forfeiture, loss of a right or privilege as a penalty for breaking a law or contract. Forfeiture can be a penalty for committing a crime, such as forfeiture of a car used to smuggle drugs, or a remedy for breaking a legal obligation, such as foreclosure on a house ......
77. Arrears Voting, Pew-Rent, Arrears From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Voting, Pew-Rent, Arrears (1): Where a church is incorporated and by its charter or the laws of the State it has authority to make reasonable by-laws, a by-law which prohibits any person from voting whose [...]...
78. Directors Ohio, Directors, Bible From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Ohio, Directors, Bible (1): The constitution of the State of Ohio does not enjoin nor require religious instruction or the reading of religious books in the public schools. The board of directors of a district [...]...
79. Lease Agreement Lease Agreements......
80. Lease Contracts and Tenancies Lease Contracts and Tenancies in Private International Law This section contain conflict of laws information and cross references related to lease contracts and tenancies on some major countries and additional jurisdictions. It covers key issues involved when citizens face international [...]...
81. Landlord and Tenant Lease Relationships Introduction to Landlord and Tenant Lease RelationshipsThe relationship of landlord and tenant endures for the term of possession granted by the lease agreement; it may be for a fixed period of time or at the pleasure of the parties. When the tenant remains in possession of the property bey......
82. Net Lease Resources See Also Escalator clause Net rent...
83. Capital Lease A leasehold extending substantially over the life of a capital asset.......
84. Commercial Lease Commercial Lease......
85. International Lease Embracing mainstream international law, this section on international lease explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "lease, international" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law [...]...
86. Assignment of Lease Description of Assignment of Lease Resources See Also Landlord Tenant...
87. Assignable Lease Resources See Also Assignment (Assignment of lease)...
88. Gross Lease Resources See Also Lease...
89. Ground Lease Resources See Also Ground rent Lease...
90. Transference of Lease Fees Spanish Translation of transference of lease feesThis is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to transference of lease fees and / or a definition of this topic: Derechos de Traspaso (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry)....
91. Legal Rights Main source: Campbell, Kenneth, "Legal Rights", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Legal rights are, clearly, rights which exist under the rules of legal systems. They raise a number of different philosophical issues. (1) [...]...
92. Land Introduction to Land Land, in the law of real property, term including the surface of the earth, the land beneath the surface to the center of the earth, and the air above. The term also includes property permanently affixed to the soil, such as water collected in wells, houses, and fences. [...]...
93. Lien Introduction to Lien Lien, in the law of property, any of various charges on specific property; and, if it is personal property, the right to retain the property as security for the payment for services, material, or money expended on that property. A general lien is a charge against all or ......
94. Lands Limitation, Lands From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Limitation, Lands (1): A statute of the State prohibiting a religious society from holding more than twenty acres, applies to a single parish or congregation and not to the entire denomination when it consists of more [...]...
95. Legal Notice Notice, Legal From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Notice, Legal (1): All the proceedings of a corporation, including notice, must be in accordance with the constitution and by-laws, and no business transacted contrary thereto is legal.129 Resources Notes and References [...]...
96. Legitimatized From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Legitimatized (1): And when under a statute a child is legitimatized by acknowledgment or subsequent marriage, the father has the better right to its custody.644Usually there are many provisions in the statutes of the various States [...]...
97. Limitation Appeal, Decision, Limitation From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Appeal, Decision, Limitation (1): The right to appeal from one court to another of higher jurisdiction is generally recognized.366 If after trial in the lower tribunal of the Church, an appeal is taken, the [...]...
98. Lots Subscription, Lots From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Subscription, Lots (1): Any one may convey title to a church as his part of the subscription by merely marking it on a plat made by him, as lots donated to such church.463 Resources Notes and References Charles [...]...
99. Libel A lawsuit in admiralty jurisdiction.......
100. Consent Consent, giving assent or approval. Consent implies a reasoned response to a proposal and is necessary to any type of agreement. Submission to the will of another where further protest or discussion is useless, such as in the case of threats, force, or violence, does not constitute consent. [...]...
101. Agent Principal and Agent Introduction to Agent Principal and Agent, in law, voluntary relationship between two parties whereby one, the agent, is authorized by express or implied consent to act on behalf of the other, called the principal. The designated agent can thus affect or conduct the legal [...]...
102. Deed Introduction to Deed Deed, in law, written instrument that transfers an interest in real estate. The term deed was formerly applied also to other solemn written instruments, including trust indentures, contracts, and bills of sale. A modern deed usually consists of several distinct parts. It......
103. Error Introduction to Error Error, act, assertion, or function that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true." (1) From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Error (1): A clerical error in the name of the grantee will not make a deed void. However, when such [...]...
104. Evidence Introduction to Evidence Evidence, the means by which disputed facts are proved to be true or untrue in any trial before a court of law or an agency that functions like a court. Because American law is committed to a rational rather than a formalistic system of evidence, no value is assigned [...]...
105. License Introduction to LicenseLicense, a permit granting permission to engage in an activity that would otherwise be illegal. The main purpose of a license is to protect the public interest. A license issued by a government agency is required in order to pursue certain occupations, run certain bus......
106. Mortgage Introduction to Mortgage Mortgage, legal instrument that pledges a house or other real estate as security for repayment of a loan. By providing a guarantee that the loan will be paid back, a mortgage enables a person to buy property without having the funds to pay for it outright. If the [...]...
107. Process Introduction to Process Process, in law, the acts of a court from the beginning to the end of its proceedings. The term also refers to the act of a court in acquiring or excercising jurisdiction over a person or property." (1) Resources Notes and References Informatio......
108. Territory Introduction to Territory Territory, name given in the United States to a partially self-governing section of the national domain that has not been granted statehood. The major U.S. territories are the District of Columbia on the mainland; American Samoa and Guam in the Pacific; and the Virgin [...]...
109. Title Introduction to TitleTitle, legal right of control and authority over property. Also, the instrument evidencing the legal right to control and authority over property." (1)ResourcesNotes and ReferencesInformation about "https://lawin.org/encarta-encycl......
110. Will Introduction to Will Will, in law, disposition by an individual of his or her property, intended to take effect after death. A disposition of real property by will is termed a devise; a disposition of personal property by will is termed a bequest. The person making a will, called the testato......
111. Bankruptcy The Legal History of Bankruptcy This section provides an overview of Bankruptcy Bankruptcy-Remote (SPE) in Financial Law Concept of Bankruptcy-Remote (SPE) in this field: An SPE satisfying certain legal criteria, whose assets have been isolated from and are outside of the reach of the [...]...
112. Bishops The Legal History of Bishops and ArchbishopsThis section provides an overview of Bishops and Archbishops ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Bishops and Archbishops in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford [...]...
113. Loan The Legal History of LoanThis section provides an overview of Loan ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Loan in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) The Oxford Encyclopedia of American [...]...
114. Legate Spanish Translation of legatee and devisee [inmuebles]This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to legatee or devisee [inmuebles] and / or a definition of this topic: Heredero (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry)....
115. Division Division in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: By divisions, we mean something that is uniform throughout the constitution, not subsections that only appear sporadically....
116. Language Language Language Model Syntax in Legal Information Retrieval The following is a basic concept of Language Model Syntax in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Language Model Syntax may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. [...]...
117. Restrictions In the United States For information about Restrictions in the context of international trade, click here...
118. Corporation Sociedad Anónima (s.a.) in International Trade Meaning of Sociedad Anónima (s.a.), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): In Spain, México and Latin America designation for a joint stock company with limited personal to shareholders. See [...]...
119. Vacancy Vacancy in Election Law Situation in which a specific position or office is held by no one due to the previous incumbent's death, incapacitation, resignation or dismissal. When this happens, an early election may be held to fill the post. Resources See Also Election Law Electoral Laws [...]...
120. Adverse Possession Adverse Possession, Color of Title From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Adverse Possession, Color of Title (1): A religious corporation may obtain title to land by adverse possession. The length of such possession is determined by the laws of the State, the usual period [...]...