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91revocable living trust — A trust set up during life that can be revoked at any time before death. Revocable living trusts are a common and excellent way to avoid the cost and hassle of probate, because the property held in the trust during life passes directly to the… …
92tortfeasor — tort·fea·sor / tȯrt ˌfē zər/ n [Anglo French tortfesor wrongdoer, from tort wrong + fesor faisour doer, maker, from Old French, from fais , stem of faire to do, make, from Latin facere]: a person who commits a tort, delict, or quasi offense… …
93accommodation endorsement — The act of a third person the accommodation party in writing his or her name on the back of a commercial paper without any consideration, but merely to benefit the person to whom the paper is payable or to enable the person who made the document… …
94single name paper — A type of commercial paper, such as a check or promissory note that has only one original signer or more than one maker signing for the exact same purpose. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. single name paper …
95delivery — de·liv·ery n pl er·ies: an act that shows a transferor s intent to make a transfer of property (as a gift); esp: the transfer of possession or exclusive control of property to another actual delivery: a delivery (as by hand or shipment) of actual …
96per stirpes — per stir·pes /pər stər pēz, per stir pās/ adv or adj [Latin, by familial stocks]: by right of representation the estate was divided per stirpes used of a method of distributing an esp. intestate estate compare per capita ◇ Per stirpes… …
97promissory estoppel — see estoppel 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. promissory estoppel …
98undue influence — n: improper influence that deprives a person of freedom of choice or substitutes another s choice or desire for the person s own compare coercion, duress, necessity ◇ It is a doctrine of equity that a contract, deed, donation, or testamentary… …
99drawer — draw·er / drȯ ər/ n: the party that draws a draft compare drawee, payee Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
100dying declaration — see declaration 2c Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. dying declaration …
