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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]
Restitution can take the form of a personal or a proprietary remedy. Where a personal remedy is awarded, the defendant is ordered to pay the money value of the benefit received. This personal money award is the typical form of restitution ordered.
Short (1971) – The Supreme Court ruled that states could not automatically convert a fine into a sentence of incarceration based on indigence, and could only incarcerate for willful failure to pay on the part of those who had the means to do so. [2]: 21 [11] Fuller v. Oregon (1974) – Although the Supreme Court ruled 11 years prior in Gideon v.
Ontario (not available without court order, [34] except with respect to distraint for commercial property [35] rent, where a commercial tenant is to be given five days for tender of rent and expenses after distress); [36] Jamaica (Law 17 of 1900, certification of landlords bailiffs); and; Queensland. [37]
Prosecuting attorneys Brian Wice turns to leave after speaking to the press after the resolution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's 9-year-old felony state securities fraud case in a special ...
In the absence of an out-of court settlement, unliquidated damages must be ascertained by a court or tribunal, whereas liquidated damages will be determined by reference to the contract or to a mutually agreed arbitrator. The purpose of liquidated damages is to provide certainty and to avoid both the bother and cost of legal proceedings.
(The Center Square) – Ahead of the state legislature convening in January, Gov. Greg Abbott issued four executive orders to safeguard Texas from espionage threats posed by the People’s ...
Such an issue may also be referred to the Texas Supreme Court by certified question, [5] but this procedure is rarely employed. Like the members of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Justices of the intermediate Texas Courts of Appeals are elected in partisan elections to six-year terms. Some, however, are initially ...