Distress definition:
A common law remedy available to landlords to hold the tenant's belongings while the tenant is behind on rent but continues to occupy the premises.
Distress The seizure of another's property in order to obtain payment for money owed.
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DISTRESS - A distress is defined to be the taking of a personal chattel, without legal process, from the possession of the wrong doer, into the hands of the party grieved, as a pledge for the redress of an injury, the performance of a duty, ...
Emotional Distress: Mental anguish.
Employee Verification Form: In a workers' compensation case, it's a bi-annual report of earnings to be completed by the injured employee.
Emotional Distress: Mental anguish.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan: An employer-provided benefit that allows employees to purchase stock in the company under certain favorable terms.
Distress: To take property away from a wrongdoer and to give it to the party he has injured, in order to give satisfaction for the wrong.
Distress writ
A writ that is filed with a complaint for eviction of commercial property. It instructs the tenants that they are not to remove any of the contents of the property.
distress
1) n. the self-help taking of another's possessions in order to force payment of a claim, which is generally illegal without a court order. 2) adj. at lowest price due to negative circumstances.
Distress
Definition - Noun
[Anglo-French destrece, literally, tightness, anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle of distringere to hinder, punish see distrain] ...
Distress termination
An employer may terminate a single-employer plan under a distress termination if the employer demonstrates to the PBGC that: ...
emotional distress
Empirical legal studies
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Aggravated Damages Damages designed to compensate a plaintiff for suffering intangible damages such as humiliation and distress, as a result of the defendant's actions.
It is distinguished from distress in not extending to lands, as the latter does; nor does a distress touch the body, as an attachment does. Every court of record has power to fine and imprison for contempt of its authority.
To distress for rent. 11. The court of common pleas, which is to be located. 12. The assise on disseisin of lands. 13. Assises of darein presentments, brought by ecclesiastics. 14. The amercement of a freeman for a fault. 15.
A contention of diminished capacity means that although the accused was not insane, due to emotional distress, physical condition or other factors he/she could not fully comprehend the nature of the criminal act he/she is accused of committing, ...
Misuse of position of confidence or taking advantage of a person's weakness, infirmity, or distress to change improperly that person's actions or decisions.
The physical or emotional distress resulting from an injury. Though the concept is somewhat abstract, the injured plaintiff can seek compensation in the form of cold, hard cash.
Emotional Abuse - Inflicting mental pain, anguish, or distress on an elder person through verbal or nonverbal acts.
Exploitation - Illegal taking, misuse, or concealment of funds, property, or assets of a vulnerable elder.
pain and suffering - Physical or emotional distress resulting from an injury for which a plaintiff can seek monetary compensation.
par value - Face value of a stock when issued by a corporation.
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: Intentionally causing severe emotional distress by extreme or outrageous conduct.
a legal principle that prevents a rescuer who has voluntarily helped a victim in distress from being successfully sued for 'wrongdoing.
A crime committed under emotional distress and not for personal gain.
Expunge:
To physically erase; to white or strike out. To "expunge" something from a court record means to remove every reference to it from the court file.
pain and suffering : mental or esp. physical distress for which one may seek damages in a tort action ...
NAMIUM.
An old word which signifies the taking or distraining another person s movable goods; 2 Inst. 140; 3 Bl. Com. 149 a distress. Dalr. Feud.... more
NARR,
pleading. An abbreviation of the word narratio; a declaration in the cause. ... more ...
In Real Estate, tax abatement is used by cities as an incentive to encourage the redevelopment of distressed areas by providing real property tax abatement for 10 or 15 years. … Full Definition » ...
May be: a warrant of apprehension, directing that a person be arrested and brought before a court; a warrant of commitment, directing that a person be arrested and imprisoned; a warrant of distress, ...
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