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stowaway

stowaway An alien coming to the United States surreptitiously on an airplane or vessel without legal status of admission. Such an alien is subject to denial of formal admission and return to the point of

succession

or that has been renounced by all of the heirs 4 a : the continuance of a corporation's status as a legal person [perpetual corporate ] b : the act or process by which one corporation assumes

superior

superior : of higher status, rank, or priority

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tax-exempt

tax-exempt 1 : exempted from taxation ;also : based on such exemption [ status] 2 : providing interest or income that is exempted from taxation [a municipal bond]

rational basis test

that involves a determination of whether a statutory or regulatory classification of persons (as by age or offender status) has a rational basis and does not deny equal protection under the Constitution [if the classification neither affects

qualifying widow(er)

qualifying widow(er) The filing status used by a qualified person for the two years following a spouse's death.

juvenile delinquent

juvenile delinquent : a juvenile who commits an act of juvenile delinquency compare status offender, youthful offender

order

NOTE: The alienation or assignment of funds under a qualified domestic relations order does not affect the tax status of the plan from which such funds are paid. re·strain·ing order [ri-strā-ni-] 1 : temporary restraining order in

legal

[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.

legal representative

respect to the other's property or interests: as a : personal representative b : an agent having legal status ;esp : one acting under a power of attorney

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