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the forcible taking of a car while the driver is in it the robber may force the driver out force the driver to drive while under threat of harm or be forced to relinquish the controls while also being forced to remain in the car In the latter two cases the act also constitutes a kidnapping...

waiver

waiver [Anglo-French, from waiver to waive] : the act of intentionally or knowingly relinquishing or abandoning a known right, claim, or privilege ;also : the legal instrument evidencing such an act compare estoppel, forfeiture NOTE: Acts or statements made while forming or carrying out a contract may constitute a waiver and prevent a party from enforcing a contractual right (as when an insurer is barred from disclaiming liability because of facts known to it when it issued the insurance policy). Varying standards are applied by courts to determine if there has been a waiver of various constitutional rights (such as the right to counsel) in criminal cases. ...

waive

waive waived waiv·ing [Anglo-French waiver weiver, literally to abandon, forsake, from waif weif forlorn, stray, probably from Old Norse veif something loose or flapping] 1 : to relinquish (as a right or privilege) voluntarily and intentionally [the defendant waived a felony hearing on the charge "National Law Journal"] compare forfeit, reserve 2 : to refrain from enforcing or requiring [some statutes the age requirement "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] waiv·able adj ...

property

property pl: -ties [Anglo-French propreté proprieté, from Latin proprietat- proprietas, from proprius own, particular] 1 : something (as an interest, money, or land) that is owned or possessed see also asset, estate, interest, possession abandoned property : property to which the owner has relinquished all rights NOTE: When property is abandoned, the owner gives up the reasonable expectation of privacy concerning it. The finder of abandoned property is entitled to keep it, and a police officer may take possession of abandoned property as evidence without violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. after-acquired property 1 : property (as proceeds) that a debtor acquires after the commencement of a bankruptcy case and that is usually considered part of the bankruptcy estate 2 : property acquired after the perfection of a lien or security interest ;esp : such property acquired after the creation of a lien or security interest that is subject to the lien or...

disclaimer

disclaimer [Anglo-French desclamer, from desclamer to disavow, deny, from Old French des-, prefix marking reversal + clamer to claim see claim ] 1 : a refusal or disavowal of something that one has a right to claim ;specif : a relinquishment or formal refusal to accept an interest or estate see also qualified disclaimer 2 : a denial of responsibility for a thing or act: as a : a negation or limitation of the rights under a warranty given by a seller to a buyer b : a denial of coverage by an insurance company 3 : a writing that embodies a disclaimer ...

disclaim

disclaim : to make a disclaimer vt 1 : to reject or relinquish a claim to (as an interest in an estate) 2 a : to deny or reject the right, validity, or authority of b : to negate or limit the rights under (a warranty) dis·claim·ant [-klā-mənt] n ...

Tenure

Tenure, cannot be equated with 'terms and con-ditions of services' or payment of gravity or pension. Tenure when followed by words of office, means term of office, Punjab University v. Khalsa College, Amritsar, AIR 1971 P&H 479: 1971 Cur LJ 334.Means a right, term, or mode of holding lands or tenements in subordination to a superior; in fendal times, real property was held predominantly as part of a tenure system, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1481.Tenure, the mode of holding property. The only tenures in land now existing with a few unimpor-tant exceptions are (1) free and common socage in fee-simple, including enfranchised copyhold, which is subject to paramount incidents; and (2) a term of years absolute (see LAND). The idea of tenure or holding is said to derive from feudalism, which separated the dominium directum (the dominion of the soil), which it placed mediately, or immediately, in the Crown, from the dominium utile (the possessory title), the right to use the profits ...

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