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1Property law — is the area of law that governs the various forms of ownership in real property (land as distinct from personal or movable possessions) and in personal property, within the common law legal system. In the civil law system, there is a division… …
2Property crime — is a category of crime that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime only involves the taking of money or property, and does not involve force or threat of… …
3property damage — Injury to real or personal property through another s negligence, willful destruction, or by an act of nature. In lawsuits for damages caused by negligence or a willful act, property damage is distinguished from personal injury. Property damage… …
4Property Specification Language — (PSL) is a language developed by Accellera for specifying properties or assertions about hardware designs. The properties can then be simulated or formally verified. Since September 2004 the standardization on the language has been done in IEEE… …
5property management — ➔ management * * * property management UK US noun [U] (US ALSO real estate management) PROPERTY ► the management of land and buildings as a business, including keeping buildings in good condition and renting property: »Agents usually charge 10… …
6receipting for property — A recognized practice wherein the lien of an attachment or execution is continued in force without the necessity or continued physical custody of the property by the officer who served the writ, such being accomplished by delivering the property… …
7property law — Introduction principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …
8Property tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …
9property — propertyless, n. /prop euhr tee/, n., pl. properties. 1. that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire. 2. goods, land, etc., considered as possessions: The corporation is… …
10Property derivatives — General DefinitionA property derivative is a financial derivative whose value is derived from the value of an underlying real estate asset. In practice, because real estate assets fall victim to market inefficiencies and are hard to accurately… …
