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Lien
It must not be inconsistent with the express terms or the clear intent of the contract. (2) The debts or claims to which a lien properly attaches. It attaches only to certain and liquidated demands, and not
dation en paiement
dation en paiement in the civil law of Louisiana : a mode of discharging a debt by the debtor's giving to the creditor with the creditor's consent something that satisfies the debt but differs
judgment
decree and any order from which an appeal lies. cog·no·vit judgment [kÄ g-nō-vit-] : an acknowledgment by a debtor of the existence of a debt with agreement that an adverse judgment may be entered without notice or
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Interest
c. 41), s. 3(1): 'In any proceedings tried in any court of record for the recovery of any debt or damages, the court may, if it thinks fit, order that there shall be included in the sum
security
has the right to convert into a share or obligation of another class or series (as common stock) debt security : a security (as a bond) serving as evidence of the indebtedness of the issuer (as a
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
claims by other means which may be still available, such as enforcing a lien, subsequent acknowledgment by the debtor or appropriation of payments, but not by way of set-off (9 Geo. 4, c. 14, s. 3). In
Property
of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252. Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including debts and chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation of wages, pension, cash grants, and constitutionally protected privy purse,
Tender
Tender, means an unconditional offer of money or performance to satisfy a debt or obligation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1479. Tender, offer; proposal for acceptance. 1. An unconditional offer
Welsh mortgage
creditor and his heirs, until out of the rents and profits of the estate he has satisfied the debt with interests; it was so called because either debt nor estate was lost. The distinction between these securities
Wills
affecting any real or personal estate (other than and except charges and directions for the payment of any debt or debts), shall be thereby given or made, such devise, etc., shall, so far only as concerns such
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