Preclude

preempt

preempt 1 a : to acquire (land) by preemption b : to seize upon to the exclusion of others : take for oneself [a senior user of a trademark could not use of the mark in remote geographical markets "Mesa Springs Enterprises v. Cutco Indus., 736 P.2d 1251 (1986)"] 2 a : to replace or supersede (a law) by preemption [such state laws are not ed by the federal Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 "National Law Journal"] b : to preclude or bar (an action) by preemption [federal airline deregulation does not claims under state contract law "National Law Journal"] ...

listing

listing 1 : an arrangement, agreement, or contract for the marketing of real property through one or more real estate agents usually for a specific period called also listing agreement exclusive agency listing : a listing under which only one agent may sell the property but without the right to a commission if the owner sells it directly NOTE: An agent is usually still entitled to a commission if the owner sells directly to a buyer who was introduced into the process by the agent, even if the sale occurs after the agreement expires. exclusive right to sell listing : a listing under which only one agent may sell the property and is entitled to a commission if the owner sells it directly to any party multiple listing : an agreement or arrangement under which real property is marketed through a service or association composed of several agents with a commission from the sale of a property shared between the selling agent and the agent that initiates the listing of it net listing ...

Beleaguer

To surround with an army so as to preclude escape to besiege to blockade...

Debar

To cut off from entrance as if by a bar or barrier to preclude to hinder from approach entry or enjoyment to shut out or exclude to deny or refuse with from and sometimes with of...

Foreclose

To shut up or out to preclude to stop to prevent to bar to exclude...

Gastight

So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas impervious to gas...

To put a barrier before hence to shut out to hinder to stop to impede...

Preclusive

Shutting out precluding or tending to preclude hindering...

Locke's Act

Locke's Act (English), (23 & 24 Vict. c. 127), the Solicitors Act, 1860, amending the law as to the admission etc., of solicitors. Secs. 22 (in part) and 34, 35 have not been repealed by the Solicitors Act, 1932 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 37).Locke-King's Act (English) (17 & 18 Vict. c. 113), the Real Estates Charges Act, 1854 (amended by the Real Estate Charges Act, 1867 and 1877 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 69, and 40 & 41 Vict. c. 34)), whereby the heir or devisee of real estate was first precluded from claiming payment of a mortgage on such estate out of the personal assets of the ancestor or testator. In respect of deaths after 1925, both these Acts were repealed and reproduced and extended by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925; see s. 35....

Stare decisis

Stare decisis, to abide by authorities or cases already adjudicated upon.The doctrine of precedent , under which it is necess-ary for a court to follow earlier judicial decisions when some points arise again in litigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1414.Stare decisis is a well-known doctrine in legal jurisprudence. The doctrine of stare decisis, meaning to stand by decided cases, rests upon the principle that law by which men are governed should be fixed, definite and known, and that, when the law is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction authorised to construe it, such declaration, in absence of palpable mistake or error, is itself evidence of the law until changed by competent authority. It requires that rules of law when clearly announced and established by a court of last resort should not be lightly disregarded and set aside but should be adhered to and followed. What it precludes is that where a principle of law has become established by a series of decisions, i...

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