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recognize -nized -niz·ing 1 : to acknowledge formally: as a : to admit as being of a particular status [ a precedent] [ a union] ;specif : to acknowledge (as a right, cause of action, or defense) as valid b : to admit as being one entitled to be heard : give the floor to c : to acknowledge the de facto existence or the independence of [refused to the new government] 2 : to account for as real, received, or incurred and treat and record appropriately ;specif : to account for (a gain, loss, expense, or income) on current accounting or tax records [recognized the gain when she included it as income on her tax return] compare realize ...
recognized market
recognized market : a market in which a secured party sells collateral upon a debtor's default, which does not rely on competitive bidding or haggling, and in which prices are stated publicly and presumed to be commercially reasonable NOTE: Under the Uniform Commercial Code, a creditor is not required to notify a debtor of the sale of collateral in a recognized market. ...
Recognizer
One who recognizes a recognizor...
Marriage
Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration, and it constitutes a valid marriage according to English law, Nachimson v. Nachimson, 1930, P. 217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage was regulated by ecclesiastical law, not touched by any statutory nullity but modified by the Common law Courts, which sometimes interfered with the Ecclesiastical Courts, by prohibition, sometimes themselves decide on the validity of a marriage, presuming a marriage in fact as opposed to lawful marriage. A religious ceremony by an ordained clergyman was essential to a lawful marriage, at all events for dower and heirship; but if in an i...
false light
false light : an untrue or misleading portrayal [unreasonably placed their family in a false light before the public "Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co., 419 U.S. 245 (1974)"] ;also : an invasion of privacy tort that is based on injury to the victim's reputation by such a portrayal (as in a publication) compare defamation, libel, slander NOTE: The false light cause of action is not recognized in all jurisdictions. Where it is recognized, the misrepresentation creating the false light does not need to be defamatory, but it must be offensive or objectionable to a reasonable person and made with knowledge of its inaccuracy. ...
insurgency
insurgency pl: -cies : the quality or state of being insurgent ;specif : a condition of revolt against a recognized government that does not reach the proportions of an organized revolutionary government and is not recognized as belligerency ...
interest
interest [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter- between, among + esse to be] 1 : a right, title, claim, or share in property Article Nine security interest : security interest in this entry beneficial interest : the right to the use and benefit of property [a beneficial interest in the trust] contingent interest : a future interest whose vesting is dependent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a future event compare vested interest in this entry controlling interest : sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control over policy equitable interest : an interest (as a beneficial interest) that is held by virtue of equitable title or that may be claimed on the ground of equitable relief [claimed an equitable interest in the debtor's assets] executory interest : a future interest other than a remainder or reversion that may take effect upon the divesting...
international representative
international representative As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States as a principal or other accredited representative of a foreign government (whether officially recognized or not recognized by the United States) to an international organization, an international organization officer or employee, and all above aliens' spouses and unmarried minor (or dependent) children. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
legal
legal [Latin legalis, from leg- lex law] 1 : of or relating to law or the processes of law [a question] [take action] 2 a : deriving authority from or founded on law [a tariff rate] [a government] b : fulfilling the requirements of law [a voter] c : having a status derived from law : recognized as such by law [a certainty] d : created by operation of esp. statutory law [ incompetence] [a presumption] compare conventional, judicial e : established by law [the test for mental capacity] 3 : conforming to or permitted by law : lawful [a referendum to make gambling ] 4 : recognized or made effective under principles of law as distinguished from principles of equity : deriving from or existing or valid in law as distinguished from equity see also equity compare equitable 5 a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the profession of law or one of its members [a corporate department] [the community] b : of or relating to the study of law [continuing education] le...
recognition
recognition 1 : the act, process, or fact of recognizing 2 : the state of being recognized ...
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