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Address
AddressChan. Pleading. That part of a bill which contains the appropriate andtechnical description of the court where the plaintiff seeks his remedy. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Pleading Practice. The statement in a logical, and legal form, of the facts which constitute the plaintiff's cause of action, or the defendant's ground of defence; it is the formal mode of alleging that on the record, which would be the support, or the defence of the party in evidence. Bill 1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty. Description A written account of the state and condition of personal property, titles, papers, and the like. It is a kind of inventory, but is more particular in ascertaining the exact condition of the property, and is without any appraisement of it. Court A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated. Plaintiff The party who begins an action; the party who complains or sues in an action and is named as such in the court's records. Also called a petitioner. Remedy The means employed to enforce a right or redress an injury. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Ad vitam aut culpam An office to be so held as to determine only by thedeath or delinquency of the possessor; in other words it is held quam diu sebenegesserit. Addendum An attachment to a written document. For example, affidavits may be addendums to a petition as a petition may be an addendum to a writ. Additional legacy An additional legacy is one which is given by a codicil, besides one before given by the will; or it is an increase by a codicil of a legacy before given by the will. An additional legacy is generally subject to the same qualities and conditions as the original legacy. Additionales Contracts. Additional terms or propositions to be added to a former agreement. Additur An increase by a judge in the amount of damages awarded by a jury. Address Ademption Wills. The act of adeeming, which is revoking a gift mentioned in a will by destruction, or selling or giving away the gift before death. Adhering Cleaving to, or joining; as, adhering to the enemies of the United States. Adhesion contract A fine-print consumer form contract which is generally given to consumers at point-of-sale, with no opportunity for negotiation as to it's terms, and which, typically, sets out the terms and conditions of the sale, usually to the advantage of the seller. Adjective law Also, procedural law. That body of law which governs the process of protecting the rights under substantive law. Adjournment The dismissal by some court, legislative assembly, or properly authorized officer, of the business before them, either finally, which is called an adjournment sine die, without day; or, to meet again at another time appointed, which is called a temporary adjournment. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Address. If you have a better definition for Address than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Address may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Address and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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