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slander of title

a person's title to property that causes harm for which special damages may be awarded [damages for the filing of a fraudulent lien and for slander of title "M & P Concrete Prods. v. Woods, 590 So.

secretary of state's office

states, the official office responsible for many types of formal state business, such as licensing of corporations and filing of UCC security agreements. Source: FindLaw

reinscribe

period of inscription (as ten years) NOTE: A recorded mortgage or document creating a privilege is reinscribed by filing a notice of reinscription with the recorder. re·in·scrip·tion [-skrip-shən] n

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qualifying widow(er)

qualifying widow(er) The filing status used by a qualified person for the two years following a spouse's death.

public offering

compare private offering NOTE: Public offerings are subject to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 for filing a registration statement before the offering can take place.

private offering

offering called also private placement compare public offering NOTE: A private offering is exempt from the requirements of filing a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and distributing prospectuses to potential buyers before the sale.

Discovery

125), s. 50. By (English) R. S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXI., it is provided that any party may, without filing any affidavit, apply to a judge for an order directing any other party to the action to make

Limature

The act of filing

Entitled to apply again

object of that proviso can be defeated by a landlord who has more than one tenanted premises by filing multiple applications simultaneously for eviction and there after obtaining possession of all those premises without the bar of

Petition

Pr. In bankruptcy, proceedings are commenced by one or more creditors of the debtor, or the debtor himself, filing a petition in the Court of Bankruptcy, praying that the debtor may be adjudged bankrupt. See ACT OF

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