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advance parole
advance parole Permission to return to the United States after travel abroad granted by DHS prior to leaving the U.S. The following categories of people may need advance parole Source: Department of State. March 2007.
agency
agency pl: -cies 1 : the person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved [death by criminal "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] 2 a : a consensual fiduciary...
antichresis
antichresis [New Latin, from Greek, from anti- opposite + chrēsis use, from chrēsthai to use, need] in the civil law of Louisiana : a written pledge and transfer from a debtor to a creditor of possession...
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attach
attach [Anglo-French attacher to lodge (an action in court), seize (a person or property) by legal authority, from Old French atachier to fasten, fix, alteration of estachier, from estache stake] vt 1 : to obtain a...
bond
bond 1 a : a usually formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act...
cancel
cancel -celed or: -celled -cel·ing or: -cel·ling 1 : to destroy the force, validity, or effectiveness of: as a : to render (one's will or a provision in one's will) ineffective by purposely making marks through...
cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases....
check-kiting
check-kiting : the practice of drawing on uncollected funds during the time needed to clear a check deposited in a bank esp. if the check is worthless called also kiting NOTE: Check-kiting typically works this way:...
child support guidelines
child support guidelines Guidelines established by statute or rule in each jurisdiction that set forth the manner in which child support must be calculated, generally based on the income of the parents and the needs of...
civil
civil [Latin civilis, from civis citizen] 1 : concerning, befitting, or applying to individual citizens or to citizens as a whole [a duty] see also civil right 2 : marked by public order : peaceable in...
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