n. legal slang for temporary restraining order.

n. in a criminal trial, information which has been obtained

v. to gain or obtain possession, including the receipt of a

n. the refusal to testify on the ground that the testimony

n. physical articles (things) as distinguished from "incorp

n. a governmental assessment (charge) upon property value,

n. a motion to contest a claim for court costs submitted by

n. a federal agency with courts in major cities which hear

n. intentional and fraudulent attempt to escape payment of

n. the form to be filed with a taxing authority by a taxpay

n. an auction sale of a taxpayer's property conducted by th

n. a court order prohibiting an action by a party to a laws

n. in a criminal prosecution, a defense by the accused that

n. the right to occupy real property permanently, for a tim

n. a "hold-over" tenancy after a lease has expired but befo

n. occupation of real property owned by another until such

n. joint ownership of title by husband and wife, in which b

n. title to property (usually real property, but it can app

n. a person who occupies real property owned by another bas

1) v. to present to another person an unconditional offer t

n. 1) a term found in older deeds or in boiler-plate deed l

n. a bank account deposited in the name of the depositor "i

n. 1) in real property, the right to possess the property.

n. 1) in contracts or leases, a period of time, such as fiv

n. dying with a will (a testament). It is compared to "inte

adj. pertaining to a will.

n. having the mental competency to execute a will at the ti

n. how the terms of a will divide the testator's (will writ

n. a trust created by the terms of a will. Example: "The re

n. a person who has written a will which is in effect at th

n. female form of testator, although distinguishing between

v. to give oral evidence under oath in answer to questions

n. oral evidence given under oath by a witness in answer to

n. the generic term for all crimes in which a person intent

n. a person who is not a party to a contract or a transacti

n. a person who is not a party to a contract but has legal

n. a notice by a landlord to a tenant on a month-to-month t

n. recent (beginning 1994) legislation enacted in several s

n. a notice to pay delinquent rent or quit (leave or vacate

n. land between the high and low tides, which is uncovered

n. a phrase often used in contracts which in effect says: t

n. the period a criminal defendant has been in jail, often

adj. within the time required by statute, court rules or co

n. 1) ownership of real property or personal property, whic

n. a history of the chain of title.

n. a policy issued by an insurance company guaranteeing tha

n. the written analysis of the status of title to real prop

n. the examination of county records for the property's tit

prep. that is to say. Example: "the passengers in the vehic

v. 1) to delay, suspend or hold off the effect of a statute

n. a rare agreement among several persons who agree that ea

n. in bankruptcy law, the equipment a person requires in or

n. from French for "wrong," a civil wrong or wrongful act,

n. a federal or state act which, under certain conditions,

n. a person who commits a tort (civil wrong), either intent

adj. referring to an act which is a tort (civil wrong).

1) n. a business or occupation for profit, particularly in

n. a piece of equipment on or attached to the real estate w

n. a name of a business or one of its products which, by us

n. a process, method, plan, formula or other information un

n. a distinctive design, picture, emblem, logo or wording (

in U.S. income tax law, a person who deals in property as a

n. the written record of all proceedings, including testimo

n. 1) the movement of property from one person or entity to

n. a person or company retained by a corporation to process

n. giving property under the belief of the giver that he/sh

n. in both criminal and tort (civil wrong) law, when an int

n. the crime of betraying one's country, defined in Article

n. a promissory note issued in multiples of $10,000 by the

n. a long-term bond issued by the U.S. Treasury.

n. a promissory note issued by the U.S. Treasury, for a per

n. stock of a private corporation which was issued and then

n. a pact between nations which, if entered into by the Uni

n. tripling damages allowed by state statute in certain typ

n. entering another person's property without permission of

n. the examination of facts and law presided over by a judg

n. the court which holds the original trial, as distinguish

n. a form of appeal in which the appeals court holds a tria

n. any court, judicial body or board which has quasi-judici

n. the judge or jury responsible for deciding factual issue

n. a lease in which the lessee's (tenant's) rent includes a

n. the written decision of a Grand Jury (signed by the Gran

n. an entity created to hold assets for the benefit of cert

n. another name for a deed of trust, a form of mortgage use

n. the principal (called the corpus) of a trust, made up of

n. a person or entity who holds the assets (corpus) of a tr

n. a person appointed by a bankruptcy court to supervise th

n. the creator of a trust (who normally places the original

n. a federal statute which requires a commercial lender (ba

v. for a person accused of a crime to decide to give the pr

n. a claim by a criminal defendant that at the time of the