community debt
A debt that is chargeable to the community of husband and wife. See COMMUNITY PROPERTY. [Cases: Husband and Wife 268.]
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concealed debtor
A debtor who hides from creditors, usu. with the intent to defraud the creditors or to avoid service of process, but does not leave the community or move out of state.
community obligation
A debt or other obligation incurred by either spouse after marriage in a community-property state. • Such an obligation is presumed to be an obligation of the community and not of the individual spouse.
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community estate
community estate. In a community-property state, the total of the assets and debts making up a married couple’s property owned in common. Cf. COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
société
société (soh-see-ay-tay), n. [French] French law. A partnership. société anonyme (soh-see-ay-tay an-aw-neem), n. [French] French law. An incorporated joint-stock company. société d’acquêts (soh-see-ay-tay dah-kay), n. [French] French law. A written agreement between husband and wife designating community property to be only that property acquired during marriage. société en commandite (soh-see-ay-tay awn koh-mawn-deet), n. [French] French
registration
registration, n. 1. The act of recording or enrolling (the county clerk handles registration of voters). [Cases: Elections 95–119. C.J.S. Elections §§ 7(3), 36–38, 40(1), 41, 46–47, 51–52.] criminal registration. The requirement in some communities that any felon who spends any time in the community must register his or her name with the police. •