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Acquittance
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AcquittanceContracts. An agreement in writing to discharge a party from anengagement to pay a sum of money.
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Agreement
A verbal or written resolution of disputes.
Writing
The act of forming by the hand letters or characters of a particular kind on paper or other suitable substance, and artfully putting them together so as to co nvey ideas. It differs from printing, which is the formation of words on paper or other proper substance by means of a stamp. Sometimes by writing ii understood printing, and sometimes printing and writing mixed.
Discharge
Practice. The act by which a person in confinement, under some legal process, or held on an accusation of some crime or misdemeauor, is set at liberty; the writing containing the order for his being so set at liberty, is also called a discharge.
Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.
Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.
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Acquiescence
Action or inaction which binds a person legally even though it was not intended as such. For example, action which is not intended as a direct acceptance of a contract will nevertheless stand as such as it implies recognition of the terms of the contract. For example, if I display a basket of fruit in a marketplace and you come by, inspect an apple and then bite into it, you have acquiesced to the contract of sale of that apple. Acquiescence also refers to allowing too much time to pass since you had knowledge of an event which may have allowed you to have legal recourse against another, implying that you waive your rights to that legal recourse.
Acquietandis plegiis
Obsolete. A writ of justices, lying, for the suretyagainst a creditor, who refuses to acquit him after the debt has been satisfied.
Acquired citizenship
Citizenship conferred at birth on children born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent(s).
Acquittal
1) Contracts. A release or discharge from an obligation orengagement. 2) Crim. law practice. The absolution of a party charged with a crime or misdemeanor.
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Acknowledgment
A formal declaration before an authorized official by the person who executed an instrument that it is his free act and deed; the certificate of the official on such instrument attesting that it was so acknowledged.
Acquiescence
Action or inaction which binds a person legally even though it was not intended as such. For example, action which is not intended as a direct acceptance of a contract will nevertheless stand as such as it implies recognition of the terms of the contract. For example, if I display a basket of fruit in a marketplace and you come by, inspect an apple and then bite into it, you have acquiesced to the contract of sale of that apple. Acquiescence also refers to allowing too much time to pass since you had knowledge of an event which may have allowed you to have legal recourse against another, implying that you waive your rights to that legal recourse.
Acquietandis plegiis
Obsolete. A writ of justices, lying, for the suretyagainst a creditor, who refuses to acquit him after the debt has been satisfied.
Acquired citizenship
Citizenship conferred at birth on children born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent(s).
Acquittal
1) Contracts. A release or discharge from an obligation orengagement. 2) Crim. law practice. The absolution of a party charged with a crime or misdemeanor.
Acquittance
Acre
Measures. A quantity of land containing in length forty perches, andfour in breadth, or one hundred and sixty square perches, of whatever shapemay be the land.
Acredulitare
Obsolete. To purge one's self of an offence by oath. It frequently happens that when a person has been arrested for a contempt, he comes into court and purges himself, on oath, of having intended any contempt.
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
Act in pais
An act performed out of court, and not a matter of record. A deed or an assurance transacted between two or more private persons in the country is matter in pais.
Act of god
An event which is caused solely by the effect of nature or natural causes and without any interference by humans whatsoever. Insurance contracts often exclude "acts of God" from the list of insurable occurrences as a means to waive their obligations for damage caused by hurricanes, floods or earthquakes, all examples of "acts of God".
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Agreement
A verbal or written resolution of disputes.
Writing
The act of forming by the hand letters or characters of a particular kind on paper or other suitable substance, and artfully putting them together so as to co nvey ideas. It differs from printing, which is the formation of words on paper or other proper substance by means of a stamp. Sometimes by writing ii understood printing, and sometimes printing and writing mixed.
Discharge
Practice. The act by which a person in confinement, under some legal process, or held on an accusation of some crime or misdemeauor, is set at liberty; the writing containing the order for his being so set at liberty, is also called a discharge.
Party
Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement.
Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Acquiescence
Action or inaction which binds a person legally even though it was not intended as such. For example, action which is not intended as a direct acceptance of a contract will nevertheless stand as such as it implies recognition of the terms of the contract. For example, if I display a basket of fruit in a marketplace and you come by, inspect an apple and then bite into it, you have acquiesced to the contract of sale of that apple. Acquiescence also refers to allowing too much time to pass since you had knowledge of an event which may have allowed you to have legal recourse against another, implying that you waive your rights to that legal recourse.
Acquietandis plegiis
Obsolete. A writ of justices, lying, for the suretyagainst a creditor, who refuses to acquit him after the debt has been satisfied.
Acquired citizenship
Citizenship conferred at birth on children born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent(s).
Acquittal
1) Contracts. A release or discharge from an obligation orengagement. 2) Crim. law practice. The absolution of a party charged with a crime or misdemeanor.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Acknowledgment
A formal declaration before an authorized official by the person who executed an instrument that it is his free act and deed; the certificate of the official on such instrument attesting that it was so acknowledged.
Acquiescence
Action or inaction which binds a person legally even though it was not intended as such. For example, action which is not intended as a direct acceptance of a contract will nevertheless stand as such as it implies recognition of the terms of the contract. For example, if I display a basket of fruit in a marketplace and you come by, inspect an apple and then bite into it, you have acquiesced to the contract of sale of that apple. Acquiescence also refers to allowing too much time to pass since you had knowledge of an event which may have allowed you to have legal recourse against another, implying that you waive your rights to that legal recourse.
Acquietandis plegiis
Obsolete. A writ of justices, lying, for the suretyagainst a creditor, who refuses to acquit him after the debt has been satisfied.
Acquired citizenship
Citizenship conferred at birth on children born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent(s).
Acquittal
1) Contracts. A release or discharge from an obligation orengagement. 2) Crim. law practice. The absolution of a party charged with a crime or misdemeanor.
Acquittance
Acre
Measures. A quantity of land containing in length forty perches, andfour in breadth, or one hundred and sixty square perches, of whatever shapemay be the land.
Acredulitare
Obsolete. To purge one's self of an offence by oath. It frequently happens that when a person has been arrested for a contempt, he comes into court and purges himself, on oath, of having intended any contempt.
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
Act in pais
An act performed out of court, and not a matter of record. A deed or an assurance transacted between two or more private persons in the country is matter in pais.
Act of god
An event which is caused solely by the effect of nature or natural causes and without any interference by humans whatsoever. Insurance contracts often exclude "acts of God" from the list of insurable occurrences as a means to waive their obligations for damage caused by hurricanes, floods or earthquakes, all examples of "acts of God".
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