2) n. the reason something happens. n. the hearing at which a case is set for trial. Capital gains taxes can be a terrible financial shock to individuals who bought a house or business many years ago for the going price and now find it is highly valued, greatly due to inflation. Where the hell are the former party chairman Benito Tiamzon and his wife, the general secretary Wilma Austria? Notice of the need to file a creditor's claim in... n. the field of law dealing with the legal means and procedures to collect debts and judgments. Under English common law and in some states it was a court which heard only lawsuits in which damages were sought, as distinguished from a court of equity which could grant special remedies. Often people think the term "company" means the business is incorporated, but that is not true. Often a contract is in several counterparts which are the same but each paper is signed by a different party, particularly if they are in diffe... n. in the midst of or actively involved in at that time, as "in the course of business, course of employment, course of trade.". This could include changing the locks, turning off the drinking water, blocking the driveway, yelling at the tenant all the time or nailing the door sh... n. when the circumstances show that someone's actions give him/her an unfair advantage over another by unfair means (lying or not telling a buyer about defects in a product, for example), the court may decide from the methods used and the result that it should treat the situation as if there was act... n. a fiction that a person got notice even though actual notice was not personally delivered to him/her. n. (see-pray doctrine) from French, meaning "as close as possible." These may be presented orally by the judge in open court, but are often contained in a written judgment in support of his/her judgm... n. sentences for more than one crime which are to be served at one time. n. living together in the same residence, generally either as husband and wife or for an extended period of time as if the parties were married. The same is true of the term "copartnership.". 2) the amount of anticipated net earnings which hypothetically can be used for conversion into capital assets. They donât care, unlike a lot of politicians, especially in the Senate, if the Communist Party with its New Peopleâs Army can give them a million, though at-the-point-of-a-gun, votes. Under this rule, a badly in... 1) n. the power to direct, manage, oversee and/or restrict the affairs, business or assets of a person or entity. 2) "the one who trusts" or the person who will benefit from the trust and will receive payments or a future distribution from the trust's... (pronounced ses-tee kay use or setty kay use) n. an old-fashioned term for a person who benefits from assets held in a trust for the beneficiary's use. Not elected There may be a "challenge for cause" on the basis the juror had admitted prejudice or shows some obvious conflict of interest (e.g. This is completed by recording the documen... n. a generic term for any written document which transfers (conveys) real property or real property interests from one party to another. Itâs as if itâs issued an ultimatum to its cadres: If you donât join the Supreme Court petition, youâre not with us. It has been replaced in most states by a security agreement, the form of which is designated in a Uniform Commercial Code as UCC-1. n. in taxation, loss due to damage which qualifies for a casualty loss tax deduction. What do they think Supreme Court decisions are based ⦠n. (corpus dee-lick-tie) Latin for the substantial fact that a crime has been committed, and in popular crime jargon, the body of the murder victim. These rights include: writ of habeas corpus, no bill of attainder, no duties or taxes on transporting goods from one state to another (Article I, Section 9); jury trials ... n. the act of a lawyer or court in interpreting and giving meaning to a statute or the language of a document such as a contract or will when there is some ambiguity or question about its meaning. The U.S. Supreme Court has vacillated on the application of capital punishment, ruling in the Furman decision (1972) that capital punishment was a violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment" in certain cases, and ... n. the original amount paid by investors into a corporation for its issued stock. referring to something that is going on at the same time parallel to the main issue in a lawsuit or controversy which ... n. a legal action to challenge a ruling in another case. Example: leaving one's auto at a dealer to sell and split the profit. A number of the petitioners are far from being communists or communist sympathizers but those who have been fooled that the ATA would violate Filipinosâ human and legal rights. Now people who have never read a law or broken the law, recognize only communist ârevolutionaryâ laws, or make big money going around the law, think they are better than the 19 senators in knowing what is unconstitutional and what is not. This covenant is usually allocated (given) a value in the sales price. Quite often an agreement will state as one of its provisions that the controlling law will be that of a particular state. Examples: surviving another beneficiary, still being married to the same spouse, having completed co... n. a fee to a lawyer which will be due and payable only if there is a successful conclusion of the legal work, usually winning or settling a lawsuit in favor of the client (particularly in negligence cases), or collecting funds due with or without filing a lawsuit. n. the act of consigning goods to one who will sell them for the owner or transport them for the owner. In the United States only Louisiana (relying on the French Napoleonic Code) has a legal structure... n. potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-enforcement in a lawsuit, as distinguished from criminal liability, which means open to punishment for a crime. Copyright © 2021 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Latin for "against" or "opposite to". Common areas may include recreation facilities, outdoor ... n. an individual, a company or a public utility (like municipal buses) which is in the regular business of transporting people and/or freight. This usage is usually found in legal writing in statements like: "The decision in the case of Hammerhead v. Nail is contra to the rule stated in Keeler v. In effect, once decided, the parties are permanently bound by that ruling. Examples: if the Dingbat Company closes its business, a supplier will not be required to fulfill its cont... n. in a will, a gift which will take place only if a particular event has occurred by the time the maker of the will dies. SND, SFAâs blabbing risks our life-and-death Chinese vaccine provision, Life and love run short on Divine Mercy Sunday. Mystics erase double-digit deficit to topple Warriors, BoC-BIR team to inspect petroleum products, Magnitude 6.1 quake rocks Davao Occidental — Phivolcs, No need for PH trials for ivermectin — DoST. That distinction has dissolved and every court (with the exception ... ("non-jury trial"): a trial with a judge but no jury. "Clouds" can include an old mortgage or deed of trust with no recording showing the secured debt was paid off, a failure to properly transfer all interests in the real property (such as mineral rights) to a former owner, a pre... n. a trustee of a trust when there is more than one trustee serving at the same time, usually with the same powers and obligations. Famous RICO Cases. n. the situation in which a judgment in one case prevents (estops) a party to that suit from trying to litigate the issue in another legal action. n. rights or freedoms given to the people by the First Amendment to the Constitution, by Common Law, or legislation, allowing the individual to be free to speak, think, assemble, organize, worship, or petition without government (or even private) interference or restraints. 3) n. shorthand for phoney money passed for re... n. in the law of contracts, a written paper which is one of several documents which constitute a contract, such as a written offer and a written acceptance. 2) in a trial, when all evidence has been introduced and final arguments made, so nothing more can be presented, even if a lawyer thinks of something new or forgotten. If such a demand is not honored, it may result in a lawsuit. Today chancery courts are merged with law courts in most states. n. originally in English common law and in several states there were separate courts (often called chancery courts) which handled lawsuits and petitions requesting remedies other than damages, such as writs, injunctions and specific performance. This admission may be made to a law enforcement officer or in court either prior to or upon arrest, or after the person is charged with a specific crime. In recent years this body of law has been codified in the Uniform Commercial Code, which has been almost universally adopted by the states. Twitter: @bobitiglao To be competent to make a will a person must understand what... n. a person or entity who begins a lawsuit by filing a complaint and is usually called the plaintiff, or in some cases the petitioner. Example: Hotrod agrees to buy Tappit's 1939 LaSalle for $1,000 cash if Tappit can get the car running by September 1st. Some of the final documents, including the deed and mortgage or deed of trust, are then delivered to the county recorder to be rec... n. the final argument by an attorney on behalf of his/her client after all evidence has been produced for both sides. Such an admission is generally put in writing (by the confessor, law enforcement officers or their stenographer) and then read and signed by the defendant. Almost all states now combine chancery (equity) functions and law in the same courts. the juror used to work for the defendant or was once charged with the same type of cri... n. a request that a prospective juror be dismissed because there is a specific and forceful reason to believe the person cannot be fair, unbiased or capable of serving as a juror. Email: tiglao.manilatimes@gmail.com n. the amount of money (damages) required to complete performance (finish the job) when a contract has been breached by the failure to perform. (Lawyers who like Latin call this causa mortis.) Other one-term presidents have followed his example, trying to ⦠1) that part of the law that encompasses business, contracts, estates, domestic (family) relations, accidents, negligence and everything related to legal issues, statutes and lawsuits, that is not criminal law. Attorneys and/or parties whose cases are coming to the top of the list receive notice of the "calling" of the civil calendar on a particular day for setting a trial date. If the cause is not obvious or certi... n. a business opportunity which becomes known to a corporate official, particularly a director or other upper management, due to his/her position within the corporation. n. from Latin carnalis for "fleshly:" sexual intercourse between a male and female in which there is at least some slight penetration of the woman's vagina by the man's penis. n. title to a unit of real property which, in reality, is the airspace which an apartment, office or store occupies. 3) in a trial or court hearing, a final determination of the facts by the trier of fact (jury or judge) a... n. in a trial, the final result of an analysis of the facts presented in evidence, made by the trier of fact (a jury or by the judge if there is no jury). In 1983 Congress provided for appeals via writ of certiorari from the Court of Military Appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States (97 Stat. 2) adj. 2) adj. These range from the local planning or zoning commission to ... n. a judge's order sending someone to jail or prison, upon conviction or before trial, or directing that a mentally unstable person be confined to a mental institution. 2) v. to exercise the power of control. n. a violation of a law in which there is injury to the public or a member of the public and a term in jail or prison, and/or a fine as possible penalties. 2) the sharing of a loss by each of several persons who may have been jointly responsible for injury to a third party, who entered into a business which lost money or who owe a debt jointly. 2) v. to criminally forge or print a false copy of money, bonds, or other valuable documents, intending to profit from the falsity. Conspirators may range from small-time bootleggers to electronics companies meeting to fix prices in viol... n. a law officer for a particular area such as a rural township, much like a sheriff (who serves a county) and usually elected, who is responsible for such duties as serving summonses, complaints, subpenas, and court orders, assisting the local court, as well as "keeping the peace." Examples of those potential circumstances include surviving one's brother or still operating the family farm next door. Capital stock bears no direct relationship to the present value of stock, which can fluctuate after the initial issue or first stock offering. Why are they so gullible? When a judge is the trier of fact he/she will present orally in open court or in a written judgment his/her findings of fact to support his/her d... n. a judge's final decision on a question of law which has been raised in a trial or a court hearing, particularly those issues which are vital to reaching a statement. n. the doctrine established in an opinion written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in Schenk vs. United States (1919) which is used to determine if a situation creates a threat to the public, individual citizens or to the nation. This is based on the inherent private relationship between the person com... n. a relationship in which one person has confidence in and relies on another because of some combination of a history of trust, older age, family connection and/or superior training and knowledge, to a point where the party relied upon dominates the situation, for good or bad. Examples of RICO law that became famous are surprisingly numerous. n. anticipated earnings which are discounted (given a lower value) so that they represent a more realistic current value since projected earnings do not always turn out as favorably as expected or hoped. Repeat offenders are sometimes called habitual criminals. Nineteen senators â including Franklin Drilon, the most intelligent and experienced Yellow legislator â voted for it to be enacted. The change may be an increase or decrease in the income of either the party obligated to pay or the ex-spouse receiving payment, or the health, the employment, or needs of eith... n. a person who testifies in a trial on behalf of a person (usually a criminal defendant) as to that person's good ethical qualities and morality both by the personal knowledge of the witness and the person's reputation in the community. Usually a judge, a trial setting commissioner, or the clerk of the court calendars cases. First, it demonstrates the tremendous propaganda power and network of the Communist Party, and its huge success in getting bleeding-heart NGOs to rally to its causes. actively involved in a person's employment at a particular time, most likely when an accident occurred, which is required to make a claim for work-related injury under state Worker's Compensation Acts. Usually holders of common stock have voting rights. The criminal calendar may list arraignments, bail settings, cases continued (put off) awaiting a plea of guilt or inn... n. a generic term for the procedure by which criminal conduct is investigated, evidence gathered, arrests made, charges brought, defenses raised, trials conducted, sentences rendered and punishment carried out. n. certain written communications which can be kept confidential and need not be disclosed in court as evidence, answered by a witness either in depositions or trial, or provided to the parties to a lawsuit or their attorneys. 2) v. to voluntarily agree to an act or proposal of another, which may range from contracts to sexual relations. What do they think Supreme Court decisions are based on, the size of the mob, as was the case in EDSA 1 and 2? There is a public perception that such evidence is weak ("all they have is circumstantial evidence"), but the probable conclusion from the circumstances may be so strong that t... n. 1) a notice to appear in court due to the probable commission of a minor crime such as a traffic violation, drinking liquor in a park where prohibited, letting a dog loose without a leash, and in some states for possession of a small amount of marijuana. Unfortunately, some courts are so clogged with pending l... n. in many states, the name for the collection of statutes and laws which deal with business and negligence lawsuits and practices. He knows what kind of legislation he pushed for, more than all of the lawyers now asking the high court to junk it. T... n. the obtaining of money from others through trick or swindle, generally by gaining the victim's trust and confidence. 2) in jury trials, the oral instructions by the judge to the jurors just before the jury begins deliberations. n. equipment, property, and funds owned by a business. n. 1) disagreement, argument or quarrel. Making a counter offer automatically rejects the prior offer, and requires an acceptance under the terms of the counter offer or there is no contract. n. 1) a group of separate businesses or business people joining together and cooperating to complete a project, work together to perform a contract or conduct an on-going business. n. a civil wrong (tort) in which one converts another's property to his/her own use, which is a fancy way of saying "steals." You canât frighten them with death threats. 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