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legitime
legitime [French, from Latin legitima (pars) the lawful (share)] in the civil law of Louisiana : the portion (as one-fourth) of a testate succession that is reserved for a forced heir called also forced portion compare disposable portion, falcidian portion, marital portion NOTE: The fraction used to calculate the legitime will vary depending on the number of forced heirs. ...
disposable portion
disposable portion in the civil law of Louisiana : the portion of a testate succession that may be donated to legatees other than the forced heir compare marital portion ...
Portion
Portion, property settled or provided in favour of children or their issue. In settlements by deed or will of personal property, portions were and are usually effected by direct trusts in favour of the children or issue, either immediately or after the death of the parent or parents. In regard to realty the usual plan was to settle a long term of years from or out of the real estate upon trust to sell or mortgage the term in order to provide the portions when they became payable. See SATISFIED TERM; ATTENDANT TERM. This term preceded the settlement of the estate in fee or in tail according to the intention of the settlor. This method is still available although the term is not a legal estate and will not affect a purchaser even with notice who takes his title from estate owners who are entitled to sell the estate unaffected by the term, but the trustees entitled to the term may require to have the term secured by a legal mortgage. See Law of Property Act, s. 3 (1) and Settled Land Act,...
Falcidian portion
Falcidian portion [from Falcidius, Roman tribune who proposed the law passed in 40 B.C. that established the portion] : the one-fourth portion of a succession that may be retained by the instituted heir in civil law if more than three-fourths of the succession was bequeathed to other legatees compare legitime, marital portion NOTE: The Falcidian portion is expressly abolished in the Louisiana Civil Code. ...
force
force 1 : a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force : a force that acts after another's negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another : intervening cause at cause irresistible force : an unforeseeable event esp. that prevents performance of an obligation under a contract : force majeure 2 : a body of persons available for a particular end [the labor ] ;specif : police force usually used with the 3 : violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing constructive force : the use of threats or intimidation for the purpose of gaining control over or preventing resistance from another dead·ly force : force that is intended to cause or that carries a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily injury compare nondeadly force in this entry NOTE: As a general rule, deadly force may be used without incurring criminal or tort liability when one reasonably believes that one's life or safety is in da...
marital portion
marital portion in the civil law of Louisiana : a one-fourth portion that a surviving spouse is entitled to claim from the estate of a spouse who has died rich in comparison to the surviving spouse compare disposable portion, falcidian portion, legitime ...
Air Force
Air Force, The (English) Air Forces (Constitution) Act, 1917, replaced the Air Board by the Air Council, and provides that it shall consist of a Secretary of State and other persons appointed in accordance with s. 8. The Air Force is subject to the Army Act, and its organization, administration and discipline is further provided for by the Act of 1917 and succeeding Acts. See also (English) Auxiliary Air Force and Air Force Reserve Act, 1924.Means officers and airmen who by their commission, warrant, terms of enrolment or otherwise, are liable to render continuously for a term air force service of the Union in every part of the world or any specified part of the world, including persons belonging to any Air Force Reserve or the Auxiliary Air Force when called out on permanent service. [Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4 (iv)]...
Forced labour
Forced labour, where a person provides labour or service to another for remuneration which is less than the minimum wage, the labour or service provided by him clearly falls within the meaning of the words 'forced labour' and attracts the condemnation of Article 23, Sanjit Roy v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1983 SC 328 (332). (Constitution of India, Article 23)It may be physical force which may compel a person to provide labour or service to another or it may be force exerted through a legal provision such as a provision for imprisonment or fine in case the employee fails to provide labour or service or it may even be compulsion arising from hunger and poverty, want and destitution. Any factor which deprives a person of a choice of alternatives and compels him to adopt one particular course of action may properly be regarded as 'force' and if labour or service is compelled as a result of such 'force', it would be 'forced labour'. Where a person provides labour or service to another for rem...
Armed Forces
Armed Forces, 'armed forces' means the naval, military and air forces and includes any other armed forces of the Union: [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1984), s. 2 (a)]'Armed Forces' means the Army, Navy and Air Force or any part of any one or more of them and includes any other armed force in the service of, or employed with, the Army, Navy or Air Force during hostilities. [Naval and Aircraft Price Act (59 of 1971), s. 2(c)]...
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