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Chain of custody (CoC), in legal contexts, is the chronological documentation or paper trail that records the sequence of custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of materials, including physical or electronic evidence.
Refers to a gift or other non-sale transfer between living parties. This is in contrast to a will, where the transfer takes effect upon one party's death. / ˌ ɪ n t ər ˈ v aɪ v ɒ s / intra: within intra fauces terrae: within the jaws of the land This term refers to a nation's territorial waters. intra legem: within the law
The following pages contain lists of legal terms: List of Latin legal terms; List of legal abbreviations; List of legal abbreviations (canon law) on Wiktionary: Appendix: English legal terms; Appendix: Glossary of legal terms
Assignment [a] is a legal term used in the context of the laws of contract and of property. In both instances, assignment is the process whereby a person, the assignor, transfers rights or benefits to another, the assignee. [1] An assignment may not transfer a duty, burden or detriment without the express agreement of the assignee.
Antichristus, [1] a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder of the pope using the temporal power to grant authority to a ruler contributing generously to the Catholic Church. Quid pro quo (Latin: "something for something" [2]) is a Latin phrase used in English to mean an exchange of goods or services, in which one transfer is contingent upon the other; "a favor for a favor".
Historically, a grant was a transfer by deed of that which could not be passed by livery, [2] an act evidenced by letters patent under the Great Seal, granting something from the king to a subject, [3] and a technical term made use of in deeds of conveyance of lands to import a transfer. [4] Though the word "grant" was originally made use of ...
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A trust is a legal relationship in which the owner of property, or any transferable right, gives it to another to manage and use solely for the benefit of a designated person.