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temporary protected status (tps)

be eligible for TPS with a finding that conditions in that country pose a danger to personal safety due to ongoing armed conflict or an environmental disaster. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

showup

defendant or arrestee individually to a witness for identification compare lineup NOTE: A showup identification may withstand a due process challenge when there is an emergency situation, when the presentation is accidental, or when otherwise the totality

quasi in rem

the defendant. A quasi in rem action is often used when jurisdiction over the defendant cannot be obtained due to his or her absence from the state.

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serious delinquency

serious delinquency a mortgage that is 90 days or more past due. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

selective incorporation

that are fundamental to and implicit in the concept of ordered liberty are incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause compare total incorporation

security

of others who acquire control over the funds invested [a involves some form of investment contract] see also due diligence asset-backed security : a security (as a bond) that represents ownership in or is secured by a

rule of law

reason and policy "Wright v. Wright, 904 P.2d 403 (1995)"] 2 : government by law : adherence to due process of law

right of redemption

property by freeing it from a debt, charge, or lien (as by paying to the creditor what is due to release the secured property) ;specif : a mortgagor's statutory right to redeem after a judicial foreclosure and

return

law on a required form showing taxable income, allowable deductions and exemptions, and the computation of the tax due called also tax return 6 : the profit from labor, investment, or business : yield 7 : something

repossess

: to take possession of again by judicial process or self-help upon default of the payment of installments due compare foreclose, seize re·pos·ses·sor [-ze-sər] n

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