Preferment - Law Dictionary Search Results
cut-off date
cut-off date The date that determines whether a preference immigrant visa applicant can be scheduled for an immigrant visa
Choice
or separating from two or more things that which is preferred the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to
visa numbers
immigration each year. Immigration for immediate relatives is unlimited; however, preference categories are limited. To distribute the visas fairly among all
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upgrade a petition
F2 to IR1. That is, the petition changes from a preference category with numerical limits to an immediate relative category without
subject to the numerical limit
the Immigration Act of 1990. The largest categories are: family-sponsored preferences; employment-based preferences; and diversity immigrants. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
freeze
close corporation) so that the value is reflected mostly in preferred stock rather than common stock NOTE: Once capital is frozen,
Emblements
movables on a farm is entitled to growing corn in preference as well to the devisee of the land as to
Emplead
Emplead, to indict; to prefer a charge against; to accuse.
Equity of redemption
before 1926, each incumbrancer of the equity of redemption had preference according to his priority in time. Before 1926, the following
Favorabiliores sunt executiones aliis processibus quibuscunque
Favorabiliores sunt executiones aliis processibus quibuscunque [Lat.], executions are more preferred than all other processes whatever.
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