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In United States law, a lis pendens (Latin for 'suit pending' [1]) is a written notice that a lawsuit has been filed concerning real estate, involving either the title to the property or a claimed ownership interest in it. The notice is usually filed in the county land records office.
Prejudgment attachment or Prejudgment writ of attachment allows recovery of money damages by levying a security interest on the property of the party paying money damages. A writ of attachment is filed to secure debt or claim of the creditor in the event that a judgment is rendered.
When it comes to selling a home there's a lot to know beyond staging and setting a reasonable list price. As with any industry, there are real estate definitions (homestead, quit-claim) and a set ...
Connecticut state statute that authorizes prejudgment attachment of real estate without prior notice or hearing violated the 14th Amendment right to due process Toibb v. Radloff: 501 U.S. 157 (1991) holding that individual debtors may file for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code: McNeil v. Wisconsin: 501 U.S. 171 (1991)
In property law of the United Kingdom and the United States and other common law countries, a remainder is a future interest given to a person (who is referred to as the transferee or remainderman) that is capable of becoming possessory upon the natural end of a prior estate created by the same instrument. [1]
However, modern decisions in at least one common law jurisdiction (Ontario) have argued that "uniqueness" is only a proxy for the real conceptual justification of specific performance, which is that it is fundamentally an open-ended rule of justice and will be awarded wherever the plaintiff shows that the land in question, rather than damages ...
Binder – In law, a binder (also known as an agreement for sale, earnest money contract, memorandum of sale, or contract to sell) is a short-form preliminary contract in which the purchaser agrees to buy and the seller agrees to sell certain real estate under stated terms and conditions, usually in the form of a purchase offer, and is ...
The misconduct resulted in over $11 million in profits, for which the fines BMS was ordered to pay were just north of $14 million in total judgement. BMS agreed to return $11.4 million in profits, $500,000 in prejudgment interest, and a $2.75 million penalty. They were additionally required to report on their FCPA compliance for a two-year period.