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dead man's statute

dead man's statute : a law barring the testimony of a person with an interest in an estate regarding any conversation

homeowner's insurance

homeowner's insurance : insurance that covers primarily a person's residence and that also covers the owner for liability resulting from his or her personal acts

informer's privilege

informer's privilege : informant's privilege at privilege

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King's Bench

King's Bench : a division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales that hears civil cases (as commercial cases) and appeals of criminal cases used during the reign of a king compare queen's...

s corporation

s corporation A small business corporation with a limited number of shareholders. Its major significance is the fact that

owner's policy

owner's policy the insurance policy that protects the buyer from title defects. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Vendor's lien for unpaid purchase money

paid both in the body of the deed and by a receipt endorsed on the back of it, still if the money or part of it was not in fact paid, a lien arises as between the

Brussel's Convention

Brussel's Convention, is the common jurisdictional statute of the member states of the European Community, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 8(1), 4th Edn., Para 620,

Widow's Terce

a wife has after her husband's death to a third of the rents of his heritable estate in Scotland; dower.

Treasurer's Remembrancer

was to put the Lord Treasurer and the rest of the Judges of the Exchequer in remembrance of such things as were called on and dealt in for the sovereign's behoof. There is still one in Scotland.

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