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Home Dictionary Name: automaticmotion to lift the automatic stay
motion to lift the automatic stay A request by a creditor to allow the creditor to take action against the debtor or the debtor's property that would otherwise be prohibited by the automatic stay. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
automatic
automatic : happening or existing through the operation of a preexisting arrangement that is triggered by some event ;specif : happening or existing through the operation of law [ reversal] [an appeal] au·to·mat·i·cal·ly adv ...
automatic stay
automatic stay : a stay that comes into operation upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition in accordance with bankruptcy law that prevents creditors from attempting to collect from the debtor for debts incurred before the filing ...
Colt pistol
A self loading or semi automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case and reloads ready for another shot Called also Browning pistol Colt Browning pistol automatic pistol and automatic...
fee simple
fee simple pl: fees simple [simple without limitation (as to heirs) and unrestricted (as to transfer of ownership)] : a fee that is alienable (as by deed, will, or intestacy) and of potentially indefinite duration ;esp : fee simple absolute in this entry fee simple absolute : a fee that is freely inheritable and alienable without any limitations or restrictions on transfers and that is of indefinite duration NOTE: A fee simple absolute is conveyed by language granting the estate “to the grantee and his or her heirs,” “to the grantee, his heirs and assigns,” or “to the grantee.” The term heirs is considered in this context a word of limitation, and so this does not create a future interest in the estate in the heirs but simply makes the estate freely alienable. fee simple conditional : a fee granted to an individual and to that individual's descendants which is subject to a reversion or remainder if the grantee has no lineal descendants but wh...
visa expiration date
visa expiration date The visa expiration date is shown on the visa. This means the visa is valid, or can be used from the date it is issued until the date it expires, for travel for the same purpose, when the visa is issued for multiple entries. This time period from the visa issuance date to visa expiration date as shown on the visa, is called visa validity. If you travel frequently as a tourist for example, with a multiple entry visa, you do not have to apply for a new visa each time you want to travel to the U.S. As an example of travel for the same purpose, if you have a visitor visa, it cannot be used to enter at a later time to study in the U.S. The visa validity is the length of time you are permitted to travel to a port-of-entry in the United States to request permission of the U.S. immigration inspector to permit you to enter the U.S. The visa does not guarantee entry to the U.S. The Expiration Date for the visa should not be confused with the authorized length of your sta...
visa validity
visa validity This generally means the visa is valid, or can be used from the date it is issued until the date it expires, for travel for the same purpose for visas, when the visa is issued for multiple entries. The visa expiration date is shown on the visa. Depending on the alien's nationality, visas can be issued for any number of entries, from as little as one entry to as many as multiple (unlimited) entries, for the same purpose of travel. If you travel frequently as a tourist for example, with a multiple entry visa, you do not have to apply for a new visa each time you want to travel to the U.S. As an example of travel for the same purpose, if you have a visitor visa, it cannot be used to enter at a later time to study in the U.S. The visa validity is the length of time you are permitted to travel to a port-of-entry in the United States to request permission of the U.S. immigration inspector to permit you to enter the U.S. The visa does not guarantee entry to the U.S. The Expi...
hand operated
requiring hand manipulation for operation not automatic or machine driven as a hand operated winch Opposite of automatic or powered...
Pompom
originally a Vickers Maxim one pounder automatic machine cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt attached to the gun popularly so called from its peculiar drumming sound in action More recently the term is applied mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons...
adequate protection
adequate protection : such action as is judicially determined to protect a secured creditor's interest in property that is part of a bankrupt estate NOTE: The U.S. Bankruptcy Code offers a list of examples of actions that are predetermined to provide adequate protection. When a court finds that a secured creditor is not adequately protected, the creditor may obtain relief from the automatic stay from creditors' collection attempts that is effected by the debtor's filing for bankruptcy. ...
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