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Assignment
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AssignmentThe release by an afdc recipient of all rights to support arrearages owed the recipient and of the right to receive current child support as the result of the receipt of afdc.
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Release
1) Estates. The "conveyance of a man's interest or right, which he hath unto a thing, to another that hath the possession thereof, or some estate therein." 2) Contracts. A release is the giving or discharging of a right of action which a man has or may claim against another, or that which is his. 3) Releases are of two kinds: 1) Such as give up, discharge, or abandon a right of action. 2) Such as convey a man's interest or right to another, who has possession of it, or some estate in the same.
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.
Arrearages
A term used to describe the amount of money less the court order amount of support. if a spouse does not pay the full amount of support, the missing amount is considered the arrearages.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
Receive
To receive. Voluntarily to take from another what is offered.
Current
Merchant law. A term used to express present time
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.
Receipt
Contracts. A receipt is an acknowledgment in writing that the party giving the same has received from the person therein named, the money or other thing therein specified.
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Assign
To give, to transfer responsibility, to another. The assignee (sometimes also called "assigns") is the person who receives the right or property being given and the assignor is the person giving.
Assignation
Scotch law. The ceding or yielding a thing to another of which intimation must be made.
Assignee
One to whom an assignment has been made.
Assignment of dower
The act by which the rights of a widow, in her deceased hushand's real estate, are ascertained and set apart for her benefit.
Assignment of errors
The act by which the plaintiff in error points out the errors in the record of which he complains
Assignment of rights and delegation of duties clause
Assignment is the transfer of rights under a contract, such as the right to be paid, to a third party. Delegation is the transfer of obligations under a contract to a third party. The delegation of a duty to perform personal services, such as writing a manuscript, is often limited by contract. Different from subcontracting because in delegation, the transferring party does not remain liable for performance on the contract.
Assignor
One who makes an assignment; one who transfers property to another.
Assigns
Contracts. Those to whom rights have been transmitted by particular title, such as sale, gift, legacy, transfer, or cession.
Assises of jerusalem
The name of a code of feudal law, made at a general assembly of lords, after the conquest of Jerusalem.
Assisors
Scotch law. This term corresponds nearly to that of jurors.
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".
Assize of mort d' ancestor
The name, of an ancient writ. It might have been sued out by one whose father, mother, brother, died seised of lands, and tonements, which they held in fee , and which, after their death, a stranger abated.
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Assets
Cash, property and investments along with anything else that may be of value to a individual or business.
Asseveration
The proof which a man gives of the truth of what be says, by appealing to his conscience as a witness.
Assign
To give, to transfer responsibility, to another. The assignee (sometimes also called "assigns") is the person who receives the right or property being given and the assignor is the person giving.
Assignation
Scotch law. The ceding or yielding a thing to another of which intimation must be made.
Assignee
One to whom an assignment has been made.
Assignment
Assignment of dower
The act by which the rights of a widow, in her deceased hushand's real estate, are ascertained and set apart for her benefit.
Assignment of errors
The act by which the plaintiff in error points out the errors in the record of which he complains
Assignment of rights and delegation of duties clause
Assignment is the transfer of rights under a contract, such as the right to be paid, to a third party. Delegation is the transfer of obligations under a contract to a third party. The delegation of a duty to perform personal services, such as writing a manuscript, is often limited by contract. Different from subcontracting because in delegation, the transferring party does not remain liable for performance on the contract.
Assignor
One who makes an assignment; one who transfers property to another.
Assigns
Contracts. Those to whom rights have been transmitted by particular title, such as sale, gift, legacy, transfer, or cession.
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Release
1) Estates. The "conveyance of a man's interest or right, which he hath unto a thing, to another that hath the possession thereof, or some estate therein." 2) Contracts. A release is the giving or discharging of a right of action which a man has or may claim against another, or that which is his. 3) Releases are of two kinds: 1) Such as give up, discharge, or abandon a right of action. 2) Such as convey a man's interest or right to another, who has possession of it, or some estate in the same.
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.
Arrearages
A term used to describe the amount of money less the court order amount of support. if a spouse does not pay the full amount of support, the missing amount is considered the arrearages.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
Receive
To receive. Voluntarily to take from another what is offered.
Current
Merchant law. A term used to express present time
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.
Receipt
Contracts. A receipt is an acknowledgment in writing that the party giving the same has received from the person therein named, the money or other thing therein specified.
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Assign
To give, to transfer responsibility, to another. The assignee (sometimes also called "assigns") is the person who receives the right or property being given and the assignor is the person giving.
Assignation
Scotch law. The ceding or yielding a thing to another of which intimation must be made.
Assignee
One to whom an assignment has been made.
Assignment of dower
The act by which the rights of a widow, in her deceased hushand's real estate, are ascertained and set apart for her benefit.
Assignment of errors
The act by which the plaintiff in error points out the errors in the record of which he complains
Assignment of rights and delegation of duties clause
Assignment is the transfer of rights under a contract, such as the right to be paid, to a third party. Delegation is the transfer of obligations under a contract to a third party. The delegation of a duty to perform personal services, such as writing a manuscript, is often limited by contract. Different from subcontracting because in delegation, the transferring party does not remain liable for performance on the contract.
Assignor
One who makes an assignment; one who transfers property to another.
Assigns
Contracts. Those to whom rights have been transmitted by particular title, such as sale, gift, legacy, transfer, or cession.
Assises of jerusalem
The name of a code of feudal law, made at a general assembly of lords, after the conquest of Jerusalem.
Assisors
Scotch law. This term corresponds nearly to that of jurors.
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".
Assize of mort d' ancestor
The name, of an ancient writ. It might have been sued out by one whose father, mother, brother, died seised of lands, and tonements, which they held in fee , and which, after their death, a stranger abated.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Assets
Cash, property and investments along with anything else that may be of value to a individual or business.
Asseveration
The proof which a man gives of the truth of what be says, by appealing to his conscience as a witness.
Assign
To give, to transfer responsibility, to another. The assignee (sometimes also called "assigns") is the person who receives the right or property being given and the assignor is the person giving.
Assignation
Scotch law. The ceding or yielding a thing to another of which intimation must be made.
Assignee
One to whom an assignment has been made.
Assignment
Assignment of dower
The act by which the rights of a widow, in her deceased hushand's real estate, are ascertained and set apart for her benefit.
Assignment of errors
The act by which the plaintiff in error points out the errors in the record of which he complains
Assignment of rights and delegation of duties clause
Assignment is the transfer of rights under a contract, such as the right to be paid, to a third party. Delegation is the transfer of obligations under a contract to a third party. The delegation of a duty to perform personal services, such as writing a manuscript, is often limited by contract. Different from subcontracting because in delegation, the transferring party does not remain liable for performance on the contract.
Assignor
One who makes an assignment; one who transfers property to another.
Assigns
Contracts. Those to whom rights have been transmitted by particular title, such as sale, gift, legacy, transfer, or cession.
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