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Qualified domestic relations order
Qualified domestic relations orderQdro. A court ruling stating that a portion of one spouse's pension be awarded to the other spouse as part of the equitable distribution of the marital assets. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Court A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated. Portion That part of a parent's estate, or the estate of one standing in loco parentis, which is given to a child. Pension A stated and certain allowance granted by the government to an individual, or those who represent him, for valuable services performed by him for the country. Spouse Husband or wife. Equitable That which is in conformity to the natural law. Distribution By this term is understood the division of an intestate's estate according to law. Marital That which belongs to marriage; as marital rights, marital duties. Assets Cash, property and investments along with anything else that may be of value to a individual or business. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Qualification Having the requisite qualities for a thing; as, to be president of the United States, the candidate must possess certain qualifications. Qualified This term is frequently used in law. A man hag a qualified property in animals ferae naturae, while they remain in his power, but, as soon as they regain their liberty, his property in them is lost. A man has a qualified right to recover property of which he is not the owner, but which was unlawfully taken out of his possession. But this right may be defeated by the owner bring a suit or claiming the property. Qualified fee Estates. One which has a qualification subjoined to it, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at an end. A Iimitation to a man and his heirs on the part of his father, affords an example of this species of estate. Qualified indorsement A transfer of a bill of exchange or promissory note to an indorsee, without any liability to the indorser; the words usually employed for this purpose, are sans recours, without recourse. Quality 1) Persons. The state or condition of a person. 2) pleading. That which distinguishes one thing from another of the same kind. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Quaerens non invenit plegium Practice. The plaintiff has not found pledge. The return made by the sheriff to a writ directed to him with this clause, namely, si A facerit B securum de clamore suo prosequando, when the plaintiff has neglected to find sufficient security. Quaestor 1) Quaestor or Questor. The name of a magistrate of ancient Rome. 2) Civil law. A name which was given to two distinct classes of Roman officers. One of which was called quaestores classici, and the other quaestores parricidii. Quakers A sect of Christians. Qualification Having the requisite qualities for a thing; as, to be president of the United States, the candidate must possess certain qualifications. Qualified This term is frequently used in law. A man hag a qualified property in animals ferae naturae, while they remain in his power, but, as soon as they regain their liberty, his property in them is lost. A man has a qualified right to recover property of which he is not the owner, but which was unlawfully taken out of his possession. But this right may be defeated by the owner bring a suit or claiming the property. Qualified domestic relations order Qualified fee Estates. One which has a qualification subjoined to it, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at an end. A Iimitation to a man and his heirs on the part of his father, affords an example of this species of estate. Qualified indorsement A transfer of a bill of exchange or promissory note to an indorsee, without any liability to the indorser; the words usually employed for this purpose, are sans recours, without recourse. Quality 1) Persons. The state or condition of a person. 2) pleading. That which distinguishes one thing from another of the same kind. Quamdiu se bene gesserit As long as he shall behave himself well. A clause inserted in commissions, when such instruments were written in Latin, to signify the tenure by which the officer held his office. Quando acciderent Pleading, practice. When they may happen. When a de-fendant, executor, or administrator pleads plene administravit, the plaintiff may pray to have judgment of assets quando acciderint. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Qualified domestic relations order. If you have a better definition for Qualified domestic relations order than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Qualified domestic relations order may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Qualified domestic relations order and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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