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declaration

of trust : a declaration by one holding or taking title to property in which he or she acknowledges that the property is held in trust for another 5 : declaratory judgment at judgment

concurrent

often in relationship, conjunction, association, or cooperation [the power of taxation in the general and state governments is acknowledged to be "McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)"] [a tortious act] see also concurrent cause at cause

cognovit clause

cognovit clause [New Latin cognovit (actionem) heshe has acknowledged (the action)] : a clause in an agreement in which one party authorizes the entry of judgment against

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cognizance

cognizance [Old French connoissance right to acknowledge and adjudicate issues, literally, knowledge, acquaintance, from connoistre to be acquainted with] : jurisdiction

Disacknowledge

To refuse to acknowledge to deny to disown

Disown

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to ones self to disavow or deny as connected with ones self personally as a parent

Bankers' cash notes

formerly called goldsmiths' notes, because bankers were originally goldsmiths. Written promises given by bankers to their customers as acknowledgments of having received money for their use, payable to bearer on demand and considered as money, and transferable

Renounce

To declare against to reject or decline formally to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one to disclaim as to renounce a title to land or to a throne

Banker's receipt

Banker's receipt, a banker's receipt is a document issued by the seller bank acknowledging that it has received money for the sale of a particular security. It implies that the subject security

Apertura testamenti

Apertura testamenti, a form of proving a will in the Civil Law by the witnesses acknowledging before a magistrate their having sealed it, 1 Wm. Exors., 6th ed., p. 312.

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