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General law
Common terminology used in legal business.
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Disability insurance
Law; General law
A disability is a physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. An insurance policy that pays benefits in such a case is called disability insurance.
Distress
Law; General law
It is a seizure of a personal possession, without legal process, of a wrongdoer, into the hands of an aggrieved party, in order to obtain payment for money owed or performance of a duty.
Domicile
Law; General law
A state in which a person has permanent residence, and intends to keep living there even if he leaves that place for a while, or a state where the business headquarters are located.
Doctrine
Law; General law
A legal doctrine is a rule or principle of law, framework, set of rules, when established by a precedent through which judgments can be determined in a given legal case.
Direct tax
Law; General law
A tax which is levied on a taxpayer who is intended to suffer the final burden of paying tax.
Express trust
Law; General law
An express trust is a trust expressly declared by a will, deed or any written instrument or can be created orally too. For constituting an express trust, three matters have to be designed - the ...
Ex parte
Law; General law
The Latin expression means 'for one party', where the court allows only one party to be present to pass an order for the benefit of that party itself. This is an exception to the general rule where ...
