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Also in 1938, the enactment of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure merged procedures for law and equity and replaced the common-law forms of action with a single civil action. This has, to some extent, blurred differences between legal and equitable restitution, and obscured awareness of legal restitution's origin in the action of assumpsit. [35]
A Warrant of Restitution is a court order [1] which empowers a property owner to use court bailiffs to enforce a possession order which was gained previously. [ 2 ] A common use of such a warrant is for a landlord to remove tenants which have re-entered the property after eviction. [ 3 ]
A property abstract is a summary of the legal documents that chronicle transactions associated with a particular parcel of land.Generally included are references to deeds, mortgages, wills, probate records, court litigations, and tax sales—basically, any legal document that affects the property.
Each U.S. state has a recording act, a statute which dictates the legal procedure by which an individual claiming an interest in real property (real estate) formally establishes their claim to that property. The recordation of property rights becomes particularly significant where an unscrupulous dealer in land purports to sell the same tract ...
An abstract is a brief summary of a judicial judgment, usually written by a barrister or academic for publication in law reports. Abstracts are of particular use in legal research because they condense the essential points of long, complex judgments into a few paragraphs. A researcher can use abstracts to investigate how relevant a particular ...
The City Council unanimously approved settlements with more than a dozen residents after the police blew up their South L.A. neighborhood while detonating a cache of fireworks
Inadequacy of Common Law Damages: Common law damages must be an inadequate remedy for the breach. Party is Ready, Willing, and Able to Perform: The party seeking specific performance must demonstrate their willingness and ability to fulfill their own obligations under the contract. When a Court Will Not Order Specific Performance:
Quorum court chambers of the Desha County Courthouse in Arkansas City, Arkansas. The quorum court is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are called justices of the peace and are elected from county districts every even-numbered year. The number of districts in a ...