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- 2. A written document which leaves the estate of the person who signed the will to named persons or entities (beneficiaries, legatees, divisees) including portions or percentages of the estate, specific gifts, creation of trusts for management and future distribution of all or a portion of the estat.
- 3. The crime of threatening to reveal embarrassing, disgraceful or damaging facts (or rumors) about a person to the public, family, spouse or associates unless paid off to not carry out the threat.
- 5. Payment for insurance coverage either in a lump sum or by installments.
- 6. A right granted by the government to a person or corporation, such as a taxi permit, bus route, an airline's use of a public airport, business license or corporate existence.
- 8. From Greek for "pledge," a generic term for using property to secure payment of a loan, which includes mortgages, pledges and putting up collateral, while the borrower retains possession.
- 9. Referring to an act which is a tort (civil wrong).
- 12. Reasonable anticipation of the possible results of an action, such as what may happen if one is negligent or consequential damages resulting from breach of a contract.
- 15. Taking the writings or literary concepts (a plot, characters, words) of another and selling and/or publishing them as one's own product.
- 16. To have legal title or right to something.
- 17. To allow by silence, agreement or giving a license.
- 19. The termination of a trial before its normal conclusion because of a procedural error, statements by a witness, judge or attorney which prejudice a jury, a deadlock by a jury without reaching a verdict after lengthy deliberation (a "hung" jury), or the failure to complete a trial within the time.
- 20. For a party or an attorney to show up in court.
- 22. In contracts or leases, a period of time, such as five years, in which a contract or lease is in force.
- 23. The act of misleading another through intentionally false statements or fraudulent actions.
- 24. The creator of a trust (who normally places the original assets into the trust), called a "settlor" or "donor" in many states.
- 25. And adj.
- 29. The process of appointment by a court of a receiver to take custody of the property, business, rents and profits of a party to a lawsuit pending a final decision on disbursement or an agreement that a receiver control the financial receipts of a person who is deeply in debt (insolvent) for the be.
- 30. The statutory rules of inheritance of a dead person's estate when the property is not given by the terms of a will, also called laws of "descent and distribution.
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- 1. A legal duty to pay or do something.
- 4. An arrangement among supposedly independent corporations or national monopolies in the same industrial or resource development field organized to control distribution, set prices, reduce competition, and sometimes share technical expertise.
- 7. Previous decisions by courts of appeal which provide legal guidance to a court on questions in a current lawsuit, which are called "precedents.
- 10. An English attorney who may perform all legal services except appear in court.
- 11. The use of borrowed money to purchase real estate or business assets, usually involving money equaling a high percentage of the value of the purchased property.
- 13. A contract (insurance policy) in which the insurer (insurance company) agrees for a fee (insurance premiums) to pay the insured party all or a portion of any loss suffered by accident or death.
- 14. Slang for bona fide purchaser, which means someone who purchased something (e.
- 18. From Norman French for intermediate, the middle point between two extremes.
- 21. Having completed all necessary legal steps to achieve a result, such as perfected title to property.
- 26. Crops to which a tenant who cultivated the land is entitled by agreement with the owner.
- 27. A possibility of future enjoyment of something one counts on receiving, usually referring to real property or the estate of a deceased person, such as a remainder, reversion, or distribution after the death of someone who has use for life.
- 28. To revoke a gift made in a will by destroying, selling or giving away the gift item during the lifetime of the testator (writer of the will).