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Expropriation
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ExpropriationCanada: the forced sale of land to a public authority. Synonymous to the USA doctrine of "eminent domain".
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Sale
Contracts. An agreement by which one of the contracting parties, called the seller, gives a thing and passes the title to it, in exchange for a certain price in current money, to the other party, who is called the buyer or purchaser, who, on his part, agrees to pay such price.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
Doctrine
A rule or principle or the law established through the repeated application of legal precedents.
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Express
That which is made known, and not left to implication. The opposite of implied. It is a rule, that when a matter or thing is expressed, it ceases to be implied by law: expressum facit cessare tacitum.
Express trust
A trust which is clearly created by the settlor, usually in the form of a document (eg. a will), although they can be oral. They are to be contrasted with trusts which come to being through the operation of the law and which do not result from the clear intent or decision of any settlor to create a trust (eg. constructive trust).
Expression
The term or use of language employed to explain a thing.
Expromission
Civil law. The act by which a creditor accepts a new debtor, who becomes bound instead of the old, the latter being released. It is a species of novation.
Exprommissor
Civil law. By this term is understood the person who alone becomes bound for the debt of another, whether the latter were obligated or not. He differs from a surety, who is bound together with his principal.
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Express
That which is made known, and not left to implication. The opposite of implied. It is a rule, that when a matter or thing is expressed, it ceases to be implied by law: expressum facit cessare tacitum.
Express trust
A trust which is clearly created by the settlor, usually in the form of a document (eg. a will), although they can be oral. They are to be contrasted with trusts which come to being through the operation of the law and which do not result from the clear intent or decision of any settlor to create a trust (eg. constructive trust).
Expression
The term or use of language employed to explain a thing.
Expromission
Civil law. The act by which a creditor accepts a new debtor, who becomes bound instead of the old, the latter being released. It is a species of novation.
Exprommissor
Civil law. By this term is understood the person who alone becomes bound for the debt of another, whether the latter were obligated or not. He differs from a surety, who is bound together with his principal.
Expropriation
Expunge
To physically erase; to white or strike out. To "expunge" something from a court record means to remove every reference to it from the court file.
Expungement
The process by which the record of criminal conviction is destroyed or sealed.
Extension
Common law. This term is applied among merchants to signify an agreement made between a debtor and his creditors, by which the latter, in order to enable the former, embarrassed in his circumstances, to retrieve his standing, agree to wait for a definite length of time after their several claims should become due and payable, before they will demand payment.
Extent in aid
English practice. An exchequer process, formerly much used, and now liable to be abused;
Extent in chief
English practice. An execution issuing out of the exchequer at the suit 'of the crown. It is a mere "fiscal writ.
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Sale
Contracts. An agreement by which one of the contracting parties, called the seller, gives a thing and passes the title to it, in exchange for a certain price in current money, to the other party, who is called the buyer or purchaser, who, on his part, agrees to pay such price.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
Doctrine
A rule or principle or the law established through the repeated application of legal precedents.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Express
That which is made known, and not left to implication. The opposite of implied. It is a rule, that when a matter or thing is expressed, it ceases to be implied by law: expressum facit cessare tacitum.
Express trust
A trust which is clearly created by the settlor, usually in the form of a document (eg. a will), although they can be oral. They are to be contrasted with trusts which come to being through the operation of the law and which do not result from the clear intent or decision of any settlor to create a trust (eg. constructive trust).
Expression
The term or use of language employed to explain a thing.
Expromission
Civil law. The act by which a creditor accepts a new debtor, who becomes bound instead of the old, the latter being released. It is a species of novation.
Exprommissor
Civil law. By this term is understood the person who alone becomes bound for the debt of another, whether the latter were obligated or not. He differs from a surety, who is bound together with his principal.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Express
That which is made known, and not left to implication. The opposite of implied. It is a rule, that when a matter or thing is expressed, it ceases to be implied by law: expressum facit cessare tacitum.
Express trust
A trust which is clearly created by the settlor, usually in the form of a document (eg. a will), although they can be oral. They are to be contrasted with trusts which come to being through the operation of the law and which do not result from the clear intent or decision of any settlor to create a trust (eg. constructive trust).
Expression
The term or use of language employed to explain a thing.
Expromission
Civil law. The act by which a creditor accepts a new debtor, who becomes bound instead of the old, the latter being released. It is a species of novation.
Exprommissor
Civil law. By this term is understood the person who alone becomes bound for the debt of another, whether the latter were obligated or not. He differs from a surety, who is bound together with his principal.
Expropriation
Expunge
To physically erase; to white or strike out. To "expunge" something from a court record means to remove every reference to it from the court file.
Expungement
The process by which the record of criminal conviction is destroyed or sealed.
Extension
Common law. This term is applied among merchants to signify an agreement made between a debtor and his creditors, by which the latter, in order to enable the former, embarrassed in his circumstances, to retrieve his standing, agree to wait for a definite length of time after their several claims should become due and payable, before they will demand payment.
Extent in aid
English practice. An exchequer process, formerly much used, and now liable to be abused;
Extent in chief
English practice. An execution issuing out of the exchequer at the suit 'of the crown. It is a mere "fiscal writ.
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