vested rights

  • 41Vesting — In law, vesting is to give an immediately secured right of present or future enjoyment. One has a vested right to an asset that cannot be taken away by any third party, even though one may not yet possess the asset. When the right, interest or… …

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  • 42Doctrine of worthier title — Property law Part of t …

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  • 43right — / rīt/ n [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a: qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b: something that is morally just able to… …

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  • 44conflict of laws — 1. dissimilarity or discrepancy between the laws of different legal orders, such as states or nations, with regard to the applicable legal rules and principles in a matter that each legal order wishes to regulate. 2. Also called private… …

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  • 45Choice of law — Conflict of laws Preliminiarie …

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  • 46Hodel v. Irving — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Hodel v. Irving ArgueDate=October 6 ArgueYear=1986 DecideDate=May 18 DecideYear=1987 FullName= Hodel, Secretary of the Interior v. Irving et al. USVol=481 USPage=704 Citation= Prior=758 F.2d 1260 (8th cir. 1985),… …

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  • 47right — As a noun, and taken in an abstract sense, means justice, ethical correctness, or consonance with the rules of law or the principles of morals. In this signification it answers to one meaning of the Latin jus, and serves to indicate law in the… …

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  • 48Delaware Tribal Business Committee vs. Weeks, 430 U.S. 73 (1977) — Argued: November 10, 1976Decided: February 23, 1977Court Membership Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justices Stewart, White, Marshall, Powell, and Rehnquist joined, in Parts I and II of which Justices Burger and… …

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  • 49Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks — Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks, 430 U.S. 73 (1977) was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court argued on November 10, 1976 and decided February 23, 1977. Contents 1 Court Membership 2 Prior History Procedural Posture 3… …

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  • 50State and Church — • The Church and the State are both perfect societies, that is to say, each essentially aiming at a common good commensurate with the need of mankind at large and ultimate in a generic kind of life, and each juridically competent to provide all… …

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