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Living will
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Living willA legal document in which a person states, in advance of final illness or injury, her or hir wishes regarding procedures and equipment designed to extend life or not.
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Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Final
That which puts an end to anything.
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Life
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.
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Living pledge
Living pledge or Vivum Vadium , contracts. When a man borrows a sum of money (suppose two hundred dollars) of another, and grants him an estate, as of twenty dollars per annum, to hold till the rents and profits shall repay the sum so borrowed.
Living trust
A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. (Also called inter vivos trust.)
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Lawsuit financing
Financial strategy to provide the necessary funds for a given legal action.
Lawsuit cash advance
A financial agreement by which a lender advances cash to a person and will be repaid when the litigation is over and he or she has obtained the seeked redress or economic compensation.
Lawsuit settlement
Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Liability
A person or organization's extent of responsibility for a loss. An item of value that is part of the overall debt or obligation of a person or business.
Legal assistance
Assistance on juridical issues that a lawyer usually conducts with his clients, persons which are not familiarized with legal aspects and terms.
Living will
Last will and testament
A legal document in which an individual states a disposition of his / her real and personal property. This is to take effect after his / her death, and which can be revocable by the person while is living; the individual is called a testator.
Legal will
A legal document in which a person states his will on how to use his belongings after he will pass away. The legal will, normally, includes real estate, personal objects and wishes dispositions written down by the deceased during his lifetime.
Levenson, Leonard
New York lawyer.
Lindner & Lindner
Philadelphia law firm.
Leon & Schulmann LLP
Law firm in Dallas, Texas.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Final
That which puts an end to anything.
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
Life
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Living pledge
Living pledge or Vivum Vadium , contracts. When a man borrows a sum of money (suppose two hundred dollars) of another, and grants him an estate, as of twenty dollars per annum, to hold till the rents and profits shall repay the sum so borrowed.
Living trust
A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. (Also called inter vivos trust.)
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Lawsuit financing
Financial strategy to provide the necessary funds for a given legal action.
Lawsuit cash advance
A financial agreement by which a lender advances cash to a person and will be repaid when the litigation is over and he or she has obtained the seeked redress or economic compensation.
Lawsuit settlement
Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Liability
A person or organization's extent of responsibility for a loss. An item of value that is part of the overall debt or obligation of a person or business.
Legal assistance
Assistance on juridical issues that a lawyer usually conducts with his clients, persons which are not familiarized with legal aspects and terms.
Living will
Last will and testament
A legal document in which an individual states a disposition of his / her real and personal property. This is to take effect after his / her death, and which can be revocable by the person while is living; the individual is called a testator.
Legal will
A legal document in which a person states his will on how to use his belongings after he will pass away. The legal will, normally, includes real estate, personal objects and wishes dispositions written down by the deceased during his lifetime.
Levenson, Leonard
New York lawyer.
Lindner & Lindner
Philadelphia law firm.
Leon & Schulmann LLP
Law firm in Dallas, Texas.
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