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estate. Landed property, tenement of land, especially with respect to an easement ( servitude ). 2 types: praedium dominans - dominant estate ( aka dominant tenement) praedium serviens - servient estate ( aka servient tenement) praeemptio. previous purchase. Right of first refusal. praesumptio. presumption.
Existing homestead lease continuation of rights. Regulation of condominium sales to owner-occupants exemption. Funeral and bereavement leave. Joint adoption and foster care. Joint filing of taxes (see filing status) Insurance licenses, coverage, eligibility, and benefits organization of mutual benefits society.
v. t. e. In the common law, spousal privilege (also called marital privilege or husband-wife privilege) [1] is a term used in the law of evidence to describe two separate privileges that apply to spouses: the spousal communications privilege and the spousal testimonial privilege. Both types of privilege are based on the policy of encouraging ...
Concubinage could be a form of common-law relationship that allowed a couple who did not or wish to marry to live together. This was prevalent in medieval Europe and colonial Asia. In Europe, some families discouraged younger sons from marriage to prevent division of family wealth among many heirs. [23]
He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead. He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns. He has so framed the laws of divorce, as to what shall be the proper causes of divorce, in case of separation, to whom the guardianship of the children shall be given; as to be wholly regardless of the happiness of the women—the law, in all cases, going ...
e. A duty to rescue is a concept in tort law and criminal law that arises in a number of cases, describing a circumstance in which a party can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another party who could face potential injury or death without being rescued. The exact extent of the duty varies greatly between different jurisdictions.
Family law. A putative marriage is an apparently valid marriage, entered into in good faith on the part of at least one of the partners, but that is legally invalid due to a technical impediment, such as a preexistent marriage on the part of one of the partners. Unlike someone in a common-law, statutory, or ceremonial marriage, a putative ...
Jure uxoris (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife") [1] [2] describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title suo jure ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could become the legal possessor of her lands. For example, married women in England and Wales were legally incapable of ...