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General law
Common terminology used in legal business.
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Precedent
Law; General law
It refers to a prior reported opinion of an appeals court which forms the basis in the future on the same legal questions and facts decided in the prior judgment.
Privileged will
Law; General law
It's a will valid despite the defect of form, made by mariners or soldiers.
Power of attorney
Law; General law
A power of attorney is an instrument containing an authorization for one to act as the agent on someone else's behalf in legal or business matters. Also called the letters of attorney, it terminates ...
Transfer
Law; General law
The act by which the owner of a thing delivers the thing and all his rights on it to another person.
Property title
Law; General law
It is the legal term for ownership. The term also encompasses the right and duty to protect a property and the power to dispose it.
Tenancy
Law; General law
A state or contract by which the owner of a property gives sole possession of his property to another person known as the tenant. In exchange of this transfer of possession of property, the tenant ...
