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corporation
of the rights and duties of natural persons but with perpetual existence and limited liability see also pierce compare association, partnership, sole proprietorship close corporation [klōs-] : a corporation whose shares are held by a small number … corporare to form into a body, from corpor- corpus body] : an invisible, intangible, artificial creation of the law existing as a voluntary chartered association of individuals that has most of the rights and duties of natural
deposit
n n 1 : the state of being deposited (as in an account) [holding the property on ] compare escrow, trust 2 : something placed for safekeeping: as a : money deposited in a bank esp. to … [may the property with the court] ;esp : to put in a bank account 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : to place (movable property) under a deposit [the depository can not make use of the
note
obligation of which a hand note usually serves as evidence demand note : a note payable on demand compare time note in this entry floating rate note : a negotiable note that yields an indexed and periodically … bill Treasury bond at bond b : a piece of paper money 2 : an exposition on a law-related topic esp. found in a law review vt noted not·ing 1 : to recognize the existence or presence
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strike
in a strike against (an employer) n 1 : the removal of a potential juror from a venire compare challenge 2 : a concerted work stoppage, interruption, or slowdown by a body of workers to enforce compliance … legal document and esp. from the record of a trial [it struck that part of [the] injunction "National Law Journal"] 2 : to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire 3 : to engage in a strike
perfect
: free from any valid legal objection : valid and effective at law [having title to the property] compare imperfect [pər-fekt] vt : to complete or put in final conformity with the law: as a : to
fault
for an act or omission that causes damage or injury to another [relative degrees of ] see also comparative fault at fault : liable or responsible based on fault [was not at fault] … faute lack, failing, ultimately from Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] 1 : a usually intentional act forbidden by law ;also : a usually intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by law see
donation
the civil law of Louisiana : a voluntary transfer of ownership of property from one person to another compare sale dis·guised donation : a transfer of property (as a sale) that does not have a sufficient reciprocal
Husband and wife
Husband and wife. the Common Law treated them, for most purposes, as one person, giving, with exceptions comparatively unimportant, the whole of a woman's property to her husband for his absolute use, and a husband could
Mahr (dower)
the considera-tion for the connubial intercourse, and if the authors of the Arabic textbooks of Muhammadan law have compared it to price in the contract of sale, it is simply because marriage is a civil contract under
loan
of the same kind as that borrowed and consumed used chiefly in the civil law of Louisiana ; compare bailment, deposit, loan for use in this entry loan for use : a loan in which one party
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