contract by deed

  • 91charter — [n] treaty, agreement allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement; concepts 684,685… …

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  • 92specialty — [spesh′əl tē] n. pl. specialties [ME specialte < OFr especialté] 1. a special quality, feature, point, characteristic, etc. 2. a thing specialized in; special interest, field of study or professional work, etc. 3. the state of being special 4 …

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  • 93Assumed mortgage — In real estate an assumed mortgage occurs when a the buyer of a real property is transferred all the obligations of the seller s mortgage.The buyer assumes all the obligations under the mortgage, just as if the loan had been made to the buyer.… …

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  • 94Marital life estate — A marital life estate is, in the common law tradition of the U.S. and Great Britain, a life estate held by the spouse (husband or wife) or widowed spouse, for the duration of that spouse s life. Contents 1 Creation 2 Tax avoidance 3 See also …

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  • 95Horse murders — The horse murders scandal was a form of insurance fraud in the United States in which expensive horses, many of them show jumpers, were insured against death, accident, or disease, and then killed to collect the insurance money. It is not known… …

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  • 96defeasance — noun a) Destruction, defeat, overthrow. that hoarie king, with all his traine, / Being arriued, where that champion stout / After his foes defeasance did remaine [...]. b) the rendering void of a contract or deed; an …

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  • 97change the charter — alter the contract or deed, alter the constitution …

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  • 98writing — writ•ing [[t]ˈraɪ tɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of a person or thing that writes 2) matter written with a pen or the like: His writing is illegible[/ex] 3) written form: Put the agreement in writing[/ex] 4) a legal document, as a contract or deed 5) an… …

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  • 99mortgage — [n] loan agreement contract, debt, deed, homeowner’s loan, pledge, title; concept 332 …

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  • 100independent covenant — A covenant which relates to only a part of the consideration upon both sides of a contract or deed, is of such nature that a breach may be compensated in damages, and for the breach of which an action may be maintained without an averment by the… …

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