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Aid to families with dependent children
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Aid to families with dependent children(AFDC) Financial support in the form of cash given to a family with children in need of financial help. the grant is offered because the head of the family or the custodial parent is not employed and not receiving child support or assistance from the non
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Support
The right of support is an easement which one man, either by contract or prescription, enjoys, to rest the joists or timbers of his house upon the wall of an adjoining building, owned by another person.
Cash
Commerce. Money on hand, which a merchant, trader or other person has to do business with.
Family
Domestic relations. In a limited sense it signifies the father, mother, and children. In a more extensive sense it comprehends all the individuals who live under the authority of another, and includes the servants of the family. It is also employed to signify all the relations who descend from a common ancestor, or who spring from a common root.
Grant
Conveyancing, concessio. Technically speaking, grants are applicable to the conveyance of incorporeal rights, though in the largest sense, the term comprehends everything that is granted or passed from one to another, and is applied to every species of property. Grant is one of the usual words in a feoffment, and differs but little except in the subject-matter; for the operative words used in grants are dedi et concessi, "have given and granted."
Employed
One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties.
Child
Generally, an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who has been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or has an immediate-relative visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United States for adoption by a U.S. citizen.
Assistance
A French term, reflecting the civilian equivalent of salvage, based on the Roman law concept of negotiorum gestio (management of the business of another), whereby the "assistant" is remunerated for his efforts to save ship and cargo, regardless of whether or not those efforts are successful. In French internal law, "assistance", referring to salvage of a ship, cargo, and/or persons in peril at sea, is distinguished from "sauvetage".
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Aid and abet
To actively, knowingly, or intentionally assist another person in the commission or attempted commission of a crime.
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Aggravated battery
The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as the use of a dangerous weapon.
Aggravated damages
Special and highly exceptional damages awarded by a court where the circumstances of the tortious conduct have been particularly humiliating or malicious towards the plaintiff/victim.
Agreement
A verbal or written resolution of disputes.
Agricultural worker
As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services, as defined by the Secretary of Labor.
Aid and abet
To actively, knowingly, or intentionally assist another person in the commission or attempted commission of a crime.
Aid to families with dependent children
Alibi
(United Kingdom) At another place, elsewhere.
Alien
Any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
Alienate
To sell or give completely and without reserve; to transfer title to somebody else. A voluntary conveyance of property, especially real property.
Alimony
An amount given to one spouse to another while they are separated. Historically, the word "alimony" referred to monies paid while spouses were legally separated but stilled wedlocked. Where they were divorced, the monies payable were then referred to as " maintenance" but this distinction is now in disuse.
Alimony pendente
A pretrial order for spousal support.
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Support
The right of support is an easement which one man, either by contract or prescription, enjoys, to rest the joists or timbers of his house upon the wall of an adjoining building, owned by another person.
Cash
Commerce. Money on hand, which a merchant, trader or other person has to do business with.
Family
Domestic relations. In a limited sense it signifies the father, mother, and children. In a more extensive sense it comprehends all the individuals who live under the authority of another, and includes the servants of the family. It is also employed to signify all the relations who descend from a common ancestor, or who spring from a common root.
Grant
Conveyancing, concessio. Technically speaking, grants are applicable to the conveyance of incorporeal rights, though in the largest sense, the term comprehends everything that is granted or passed from one to another, and is applied to every species of property. Grant is one of the usual words in a feoffment, and differs but little except in the subject-matter; for the operative words used in grants are dedi et concessi, "have given and granted."
Employed
One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties.
Child
Generally, an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who has been adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen or has an immediate-relative visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United States for adoption by a U.S. citizen.
Assistance
A French term, reflecting the civilian equivalent of salvage, based on the Roman law concept of negotiorum gestio (management of the business of another), whereby the "assistant" is remunerated for his efforts to save ship and cargo, regardless of whether or not those efforts are successful. In French internal law, "assistance", referring to salvage of a ship, cargo, and/or persons in peril at sea, is distinguished from "sauvetage".
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Aid and abet
To actively, knowingly, or intentionally assist another person in the commission or attempted commission of a crime.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Aggravated battery
The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as the use of a dangerous weapon.
Aggravated damages
Special and highly exceptional damages awarded by a court where the circumstances of the tortious conduct have been particularly humiliating or malicious towards the plaintiff/victim.
Agreement
A verbal or written resolution of disputes.
Agricultural worker
As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor or services, as defined by the Secretary of Labor.
Aid and abet
To actively, knowingly, or intentionally assist another person in the commission or attempted commission of a crime.
Aid to families with dependent children
Alibi
(United Kingdom) At another place, elsewhere.
Alien
Any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
Alienate
To sell or give completely and without reserve; to transfer title to somebody else. A voluntary conveyance of property, especially real property.
Alimony
An amount given to one spouse to another while they are separated. Historically, the word "alimony" referred to monies paid while spouses were legally separated but stilled wedlocked. Where they were divorced, the monies payable were then referred to as " maintenance" but this distinction is now in disuse.
Alimony pendente
A pretrial order for spousal support.
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