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The person holding the property or owing the money had to be within the City at the time of being served with the process, but all persons were entitled to the benefit of the custom. The plaintiff having started the action, and made a satisfactory affidavit of his debt , was entitled to issue attachment, which thereupon affected all the money ...
Mike Madowitz, principal economist at Roosevelt Institute, said many of those impacted by Hurricane Katrina chose to stay put after being displaced due to the cost and hassle of moving again.
A distraint in progress, depicted in an 1846 painting by Peter Schwingen. Distraint or distress is "the seizure of someone’s property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed", [1] especially in common law countries. [2]
Economic loss is a term of art [1] which refers to financial loss and damage suffered by a person which is seen only on a balance sheet and not as physical injury to person or property. There is a fundamental distinction between pure economic loss and consequential economic loss , as pure economic loss occurs independent of any physical damage ...
Usually city government has a duty of care to repair and maintain the sidewalk. In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation that is imposed on an individual, requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care to avoid careless acts that could foreseeably harm others, and lead to claim in negligence.
Between 2020 and 2022, insurance companies declined to renew 2.8 million homeowner policies in the state, according to the most recent data from the California Department of Insurance.
The Constitution of California is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted within the California Statutes, which in turn have been codified into the 29 California Codes. State agencies promulgate regulations with the California Regulatory Notice Register, which are in turn codified in the California Code of Regulations.
Eleven months ago, the Los Angeles area was under water. Nearly a foot of rain fell in just a couple of days in early February. It was a deadly storm that flooded roads, floated cars and triggered ...