Document: Generally refers to writings, pictures, maps, etc. Denotes official papers such as deeds, agreements, title papers, receipts and other written instruments used to prove a fact.
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Documents: Forms often requested and submitted by individuals who are applying for benefits. Documents usually include: birth certificates, marriage certificates, W2 forms, tax returns, and deeds.
DOCUMENTS - The deeds, agreements, title papers, letters, receipts, and other written instruments used to prove a fact.
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Exhibit : Document or material object produced and identified in court as evidence in a case.
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Documentary Tax Stamps
Stamps, affixed to a deed, showing the amount of transfer tax.
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A clause in a mortgage or deed or trust which places the real estate as security for existing debts between the parties.
The document was unsigned
Popular perception is that King John and the barons signed Magna Carta. There were no signatures on the original document, however, only a single seal placed by the king.
Documentary draft
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: a draft that will be honored only upon the presentation of certain documents (as an invoice or certificate of title)
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Documents - Dependent on the type of documentation and the nature of the transaction.
Share Transfers - 0.5per cent per share.
Property - 0% on under £60,000; 1% £60,000 upto £250,000; 2.5% £250,000 to £500,000: and 3% over £500,000.
Documents containing a statement of legal status, identity, authority or ownership, or providing evidence of some type of obligation. Such documents include wills, deeds, leases, titles, birth certificates , and contracts.
Documents are frozen in time as of their creation and present their facts without the weaknesses and distractions of human emotion.
Documents that each party produces setting out their view of the case in civil claims.
They cover the particulars of claim and defence.
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Document which states no formal charge will be filed by the State Attorney.
No probable cause
Insufficient grounds to hold the person who was arrested.
A document used to add to, alter or remove parts of an existing Will. A codicil must be executed in the same way as a Will, (signatures and witnesses etc.).
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A document that a transport company possesses acknowledging that it has received goods, and serves as title for the purpose of transportation.
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a document by which a person requests a federal trademark registration.
A document or object shown to the court as evidence in a trial. They are each given a number or letter by the court clerk as they are introduced for future reference during the trial.
Documents confided professionally to the counsel cannot be demanded, unless indeed the party would himself be bound to produce them. Hare on Discov. 171. Grand jurors are sworn the commonwealth's secrets, their fellows and their own to keep.
The document to be subscribed - the Memorandum of Association - corresponds, in the case of companies formed under the Companies Act 1862, to the charter or deed of settlement in the case of other companies.
Some documents are required to be presented first to Parliament when they are ready for publication. These include most statutory instruments, House Papers and Command Papers as well as the reports of certain statutory bodies.
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in law, document expressing the wishes of a person (known as a testator) concerning the disposition of her property after her death. If a person dies intestate, i.e.
Charging document - A citation, information, indictment, Florida Statutes 923.01 or notice to appear, indicating that the named person committed a specific criminal offense or civil infraction.
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Priority Document - A document which establishes a priority date.
Prima facie - [Of first appearance; on the face of it] -based on a first impression.
Evidence - documents, objects or testimony admitted in a trial to prove certain facts.
Expungement - Process by which a record of criminal conviction is removed by order of the court.
the paper, document, or other physical object received by the court as evidence during a trial.
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Charging document - A citation, information, indictment, F.S. 923.01 or notice to appear, indicating that the named person committed a specific criminal offense or civil infraction.
Chief Judge - Presiding or administrative judge in a court.
FactumA document in a court case in which a party sets out a concise argument, stating the facts and laws relied on.
A document that transfers ownership of real estate.
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Bond: A document with which one party promises to pay another within a specified amount of time. Bonds are used for many things, including borrowing money or guaranteeing payment of money.
Brief: A document presented to the court outlining one side's position.
Burden of Proof: One spouse must prove to the court any claims made against the opposing spouse. The claims must be supported with sufficient evidence.
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The worker's document which starts the IT proceedings, usually written on an IT1.
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Exhibit: A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.
Exonerate: Removal of a charge, responsibility or duty.
inspection of documents
n. the right to examine and copy the opposing party's papers in a lawsuit which are relevant to the case.
docket: a document which summarizes a case
domicile: that place where a person has a true and permanent home - a person may have several residences, but only one domicile
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A document or other thing presented by a party during an administrative hearing to show or convince the administrative law judge what the facts are.
Warrant: A document issued by a court ordering or allowing some action, such as a search, an arrest or an eviction.
MITTIMUS A document issued by the court directing the sheriff or other officer to convey a person to prison.
M'NAGHTEN RULE A test applied for the defense of insanity.
Summons
A document issued by the clerk of the court requiring an appearance or answer to be filed by the defendant under penalty of having judgment entered or an arrest warrant issued.
subpoena A document requiring a person to appear at a specified time and place to give testimony as a witness; a subpoena duces tecum directs the person to bring books, documents, or the like.
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Exhibit - A document or object shown to the court as evidence in a trial. The court clerk gives them each a number or letter as they are introduced for future reference during the trial.
BILL OF SALE - A document under which personal property is transferred from a seller to a buyer.
Prospectus
A document in which a corporation sets out the material details of a share or bond issue and inviting the public to invest by purchasing these financial instruments.
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praecipe - A document describing property to be seized.
precedent - A rule of law that is established by an appellate court in an earlier case serves as binding precedent in all subsequent similar cases.
Answer: A court document, or pleading, in a civil case, by which the defendant responds to the plaintiff's complaint.
Appeal: Asking a higher court to review the decision or sentence of a trial court because the lower court made an error.
Brief: A legal document, prepared by an attorney which presents the law and facts supporting his client's case
Burden of proof: Measure of proof required to prove a fact. Obligation of a party to probe facts at issue in the trial of a case.
Record All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.
Recuse The process by which a judge is disqualified from hearing a case, on his or her own motion or upon the objection of either party.
TOP Petition : The formal, written document submitted to a court, and which asks for the court to redress what is described in the petition as being an injustice of some kind.
Competence goes to the reliability of persons testifying (or the authenticity of documents). Credibility goes to the believableness of the evidence given by such persons (or documents).
Addendum An attachment to a written document. For example, affidavits may be addendums to a petition as a petition may be an addendum to a writ.
certified copy - A copy of a document or record, signed and certified as a true copy by the officer to whose custody the original is intrusted.
change - An alteration; a modification or addition; substitution of one thing for another.
Acknowledgment - Certification by a notary that the signature on the document was personally signed by the individual whose signature is affixed to the instrument.
Construction: Legal process of interpreting a phrase or document. If a term is unclear or ambiguous, lawyers and judges must try and interpret (or construct) its probable intention and purpose.
Date of assent or Date of enactment The date when the legislative document is agreed or approved by the empowered authority (e.g. Queen, President, Ministry, etc.).
Certified Copy - A copy of a document, order or record of the court, or other public office, signed and certified as an exact duplicate by the officer of the court having custody of the original.
Deferred inspection: authorized at the port upon alienÌs arrival; may be conferred by an immigration inspector when aliens appear at a port of entry with documentation, but after preliminary examination, ...
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