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  2. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Wikipedia

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    The Rule 12(b)(6) motion, which replaced the common law demurrer, is how lawsuits with insufficient legal theories underlying their cause of action are dismissed from court. For example, assault requires intent, so if the plaintiff has failed to plead intent, the defense can seek dismissal by filing a 12(b)(6) motion. "While a complaint ...

  3. In rem jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    In law, in rem jurisdiction (Law Latin for "power about or against 'the thing'" [1]) is a legal term referring to the power a court may exercise over property (either real or personal) or a "status" against a person over whom the court does not have in personam jurisdiction.

  4. List of motions - Wikipedia

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    Appeal (motion) Suspend the rules; Objection to the consideration of a question; Division of a question; Consideration by paragraph or seriatim; Division of the assembly; Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls; Motions relating to nominations; Request to be excused from a duty; Requests and inquiries. Parliamentary inquiry; Request ...

  5. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in law and legal documents. It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard abbreviations for the title of each source. Abbreviations may also be found for common words or legal phrases.

  6. Category:Legal motions - Wikipedia

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  7. Lists of legal terms - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. Recording (real estate) - Wikipedia

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    There is generally added to these a catch-all category of "other instruments affecting the title to real estate". These statutes also list technical requirements, such as whether acknowledgements before a notary public are required (the great majority) or witnesses must also sign the document (rarer). The effect of failure to record.

  9. Index of real estate articles - Wikipedia

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    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 ...