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Home Dictionary Name: inscriptionInscriptive
Bearing inscription of the character or nature of an inscription...
endorsement
endorsement also in·dorse·ment n 1 : the act or process of endorsing 2 : an inscription (as a signature or notation) on a document or instrument ;esp : an inscription usually on the back of a negotiable instrument that transfers or guarantees the instrument blank endorsement : an endorsement (as a signature) of a negotiable instrument that does not name a transferee and that makes the instrument payable to bearer called also endorsement in blank qualified endorsement : an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with words (as “without recourse”) that limit or qualify the endorser's liability restrictive endorsement : an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with words (as “for deposit only”) that limit the further negotiation of the instrument NOTE: A restrictive endorsement does not prevent further negotiation of the instrument under the Uniform Commercial Code. spe·cial endorsement : an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with wo...
title
title [Anglo-French, inscription, legal right, from Old French, from Latin titulum inscription, chapter heading, part of the law that sanctions an action] 1 a : the means or right by which one owns or possesses property ;broadly : the quality of ownership as determined by a body of facts and events after-acquired title : title that vests automatically in a grantee when acquired by a grantor who purported to sell the property before acquiring title ;also : a doctrine that requires such vesting compare estoppel by deed at estoppel NOTE: The doctrine of after-acquired title generally does not apply when the grantor receives title by quitclaim deed; to vest title in the grantee the deed must include words expressing such an intention. clear title : title that exists free of claims or encumbrances on the property [had clear title to the farm] ;broadly : marketable title in this entry equitable title : title vested in one who is considered by the application of equitable principl...
Cippus
A small low pillar square or round commonly having an inscription used by the ancients for various purposes as for indicating the distances of places for a landmark for sepulchral inscriptions etc...
Epigraphy
The science of inscriptions the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them...
Epitaph
An inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory or commendation of the one buried there a sepulchral inscription...
Ro setta stone
A stone found at Rosetta in Egypt bearing a trilingual inscription by aid of which with other inscriptions a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt...
Epigraphy
Epigraphy, is the study of written matter recorded on hard and desirable materials and is prime tool in recovering much of first hand record of antiquity, Sanjay Kumar Manjul v. Chairman, UPSC, (2006) 8 SCC 42: (2006) 12 JT 1: (2006) 9 SCALE 232: (2006) 7 Supreme 304: (2006) 10 SRJ 386.Is the study and interpretation of ancient inscription; epigraphs collectively. It is an inscription on a building, statue or coin; a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme, Webster American Dictionary.Has been stated to be the study of written matter recorded on hard or durable materials and isthe prime tool in recovering much of the first-hand record of antiquity, New Encyclopaedia of Britannica....
ne varietur
ne varietur : it must not be changed used as an inscription on notarized documents esp. that are evidence of an encumbrance (as a mortgage) ...
reinscribe
reinscribe in the civil law of Louisiana : to inscribe (as a mortgage) again esp. after expiration of the 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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