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Defeasance
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DefeasanceContracts, conveyancing. An instrument which defeats the force or operation of some other deed or estate.
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Instrument
Contracts. The writing which contains some agreement, and is so called because it has been prepared as a memorial of what has taken place or been agreed upon.
Deed
Only in relatively rare circumstances is a deed required to complete a transaction. In a commercial situation the most common use is where a variation or concession is made without the other party giving anything in return. A deed is enforceable regardless of the legal requirements for contracts such as the need for consideration. Where a deed is necessary, there are special requirements for a company wishing to enter into such an arrangement which may either involve use of the company or the signature of two directors or a director and a company secretary.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
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Defeasible
What may be undone or annulled.
Defect
The want of something required by law.
Defective door lawsuit
A lawsuit on damage produced by a defective door.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
A party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
Defender
Canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
Defense attorney
The attorney representing the defendant; he or she may be a private attorney, a court appointed attorney, or a county public defender.
Defense of property
Affirmative defense in criminal law or tort law where force was used to protect one's property.
Defense or defence
French defense: Latin defensa: defendere, to strike down or away, ward off, repel. Mid. English defence. 2. That which is offered by a defendant as sufficient to defeat a suit - by denying, justifying, or confessing and avoiding, the cause of action. A term used in common law pleading in the sense merely of "denial".
Defensive allegation
The defence or mode of propounding a defence in the spiritual courts, is so called.
Deferred annuity
An income stream that begins at some time in the future.
Deferred compensation package
This includes all retirement assets and any other saving or postponed income earned during the marriage.
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Defamation
An attack on the good reputation of a person, by slander or libel.
Default
"1) The neglect to perform a legal obligation or duty; but in technical language by default is often understood the non-appearance of the defendant within the time prescribed by law, to defend himself; it also signifies the non-appearance of the plaintiff to prosecute his claim. 2) Contracts, torts. It is enacted that ""no action shall be brought to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, unless the agreement"", ""shall be in writing,"" By default under this statute is understood the non-performance of duty, though the same be not founded on a contract.
Default judgment
A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court or respond to the charges.
Default order or judgment
An order or judgment made based on only the plaintiff's (petitioner's) complaint, due to no response or presence of the defendant (respondent).
Defaulter
Common law. One who is deficient in his accounts, or falls in making his accounts correct.
Defeasance
Defeasible
What may be undone or annulled.
Defect
The want of something required by law.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
A party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
Defender
Canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Instrument
Contracts. The writing which contains some agreement, and is so called because it has been prepared as a memorial of what has taken place or been agreed upon.
Deed
Only in relatively rare circumstances is a deed required to complete a transaction. In a commercial situation the most common use is where a variation or concession is made without the other party giving anything in return. A deed is enforceable regardless of the legal requirements for contracts such as the need for consideration. Where a deed is necessary, there are special requirements for a company wishing to enter into such an arrangement which may either involve use of the company or the signature of two directors or a director and a company secretary.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Defeasible
What may be undone or annulled.
Defect
The want of something required by law.
Defective door lawsuit
A lawsuit on damage produced by a defective door.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
A party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
Defender
Canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
Defense attorney
The attorney representing the defendant; he or she may be a private attorney, a court appointed attorney, or a county public defender.
Defense of property
Affirmative defense in criminal law or tort law where force was used to protect one's property.
Defense or defence
French defense: Latin defensa: defendere, to strike down or away, ward off, repel. Mid. English defence. 2. That which is offered by a defendant as sufficient to defeat a suit - by denying, justifying, or confessing and avoiding, the cause of action. A term used in common law pleading in the sense merely of "denial".
Defensive allegation
The defence or mode of propounding a defence in the spiritual courts, is so called.
Deferred annuity
An income stream that begins at some time in the future.
Deferred compensation package
This includes all retirement assets and any other saving or postponed income earned during the marriage.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Defamation
An attack on the good reputation of a person, by slander or libel.
Default
"1) The neglect to perform a legal obligation or duty; but in technical language by default is often understood the non-appearance of the defendant within the time prescribed by law, to defend himself; it also signifies the non-appearance of the plaintiff to prosecute his claim. 2) Contracts, torts. It is enacted that ""no action shall be brought to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, unless the agreement"", ""shall be in writing,"" By default under this statute is understood the non-performance of duty, though the same be not founded on a contract.
Default judgment
A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court or respond to the charges.
Default order or judgment
An order or judgment made based on only the plaintiff's (petitioner's) complaint, due to no response or presence of the defendant (respondent).
Defaulter
Common law. One who is deficient in his accounts, or falls in making his accounts correct.
Defeasance
Defeasible
What may be undone or annulled.
Defect
The want of something required by law.
Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Defendant in error
A party against whom a writ of error is sued out.
Defender
Canon law. The name by which the defendant or respondent is known in the ecclesiastical courts.
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