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lien
lien against the goods and valuables of a tenant to secure payment of rent or sometimes repayment of money otherwise owed to a landlord maritime lien : a lien arising under maritime law against a ship or … to retain the property until the amount due is paid charging lien : a lien attaching to a judgment or recovery awarded to a plaintiff and securing payment of the plaintiff's attorney's fees and expenses called also
award
as a : a contract won by a successful bidder b : relief usually in the form of money (as damages or alimony) granted to a party in a legal proceeding … damages] 2 : to grant as deserved [ed the contract to the lowest bidder] n 1 : a judgment or final decision: as a : arbitrator's award b : a formal decision regarding benefits in a workers'
injunction
for an injury that has already occurred, or to provide relief from harm for which an award of money damages is not a satisfactory solution or for which a monetary value is impossible to calculate. A defendant … a party to do or refrain from doing a specified act compare cease-and-desist order at order, damage declaratory judgment at judgment, mandamus specific performance at performance, stay NOTE: An injunction is available as a remedy for harm
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mortgage
a loan agreement which allows the mortgagor to borrow additional sums usually up to a specified limit purchase money mortgage : a mortgage that is given (as to a lender) to secure a loan for all or … in this entry judicial mortgage in the civil law of Louisiana : a mortgage lien that secures a judgment debt and is created by filing a judgment with the recorder of mortgages junior mortgage : second mortgage
Wages
SERVANT; PREFERENTIAL PAYMENTS; TRUCK ACTS. It includes any privilege or benefit which is capable of being estimated in money, other than a travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession or a contribution paid by the … if he were of full age. Wages of any 'servant, labourer, or workman' cannot be attached to satisfy judgments, (English) Wages Attachment Abolition Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 30). Seamen have a lien on the
Recovery
the friend should have the lands in fee-simple and that the tenant-in-tail should be paid a sum of money as consideration. This compromise was entered on the rolls of the Court. The effect of a fine varied … Recovery, the obtaining a thing by judgment or trial. The regaining or restoration of something lost or taken away, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
Mahr (dower)
mahr in Abdul Kadir Salima. According to him: Dower (mahr), under the Muhammadan law, is the sum of money or other property promised by the husband to be paid or delivered to the wife in consideration of … Mahr (dower), Mahr (dower) is neither dowry nor price for marriage: As explained in an old judgment by Justice Syed Mahmood, maher is 'not the exchange or consideration given by the man to the woman,
sale
value see also short, wash sale 2 : the transfer of a controlled substance to another person for money or other consideration 3 : a selling of goods at lower than usual prices 4 pl a : … paid off compare absolute sale in this entry execution sale : a sale carried out to execute a judgment under authority of a judicial officer (as a court clerk) but not by court order forced sale :
Partnership
and at the same time retain the right of reasonable investiga-tion in to the manner in which his money is being applied. The principle of limited partnership is very similar to what is known in France as … Act of 1890 is mainly declaratory. The chief amendment is that of the 23rd s., by which the judgment creditor of a partner, instead of being able to execute not only against his debtor's separate property but
Recognisance
1879. Recognisances of any date are not to operate as a charge on land or the unpaid purchase money of any land unless a writ or order for the purpose of enforcing the recognizance is registered at … whom he is surety, shall appear at the assizes to prosecute a person, or to come up for judgment when called upon, or shall prosecute an appeal, or shall be of good behaviour, commonly called 'binding over.'
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