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marital deduction

marital deduction see deduction

marital asset

marital asset see asset

Consoritum

Consoritum. The marital right of cohabitation and mutual service. An action for damages lies for loss of consortium or of the

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trust

a bypass trust is to reduce the surviving spouse's taxable estate. Such trusts do not qualify for the marital deduction. charitable lead trust [-lēd-] : a trust in which a charity is named as the beneficiary for

property

The finder of lost property has title to the property against all the world except the true owner. marital property : property acquired by either spouse during the course of a marriage that is subject to division

divorce

adultery) arising after the marriage compare annulment NOTE: The most common grounds for divorce are absence from the marital home, drug or alcohol addiction, adultery, cruelty, conviction of a crime, desertion, insanity, and nonsupport. absolute divorce :

transmutation

transmutation 1 : a doctrine in property law which allows the conversion of a separate property interest into marital or community property by agreement between spouses or by contribution of marital or community assets to the separate

asset

long-term nature intangible asset : an asset (as goodwill or a patent) that does not have physical form marital asset : an asset acquired by either spouse or both spouses during a marriage NOTE: Marital assets are

connivance

connivance : the act of conniving esp. with regard to a spouse's marital misconduct (as adultery) ;also : a defense to a charge of marital misconduct in a divorce proceeding compare

separate maintenance

from one spouse to another during separation [entitlement to separate maintenance does not extend to the division of marital assets "Kennedy v. Kennedy, 662 So. 2d 179 (1995)"]

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