A pension plan that complies with federal law (ERISA) and thus allows the employee to receive tax benefits for contributions and tax-deferred investment growth. — Often shortened to qualified plan. [Cases: Pensions 28. C.J.S. Pensions and Retirement Plans and Benefits §§ 11–15.]
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extend debate. Parliamentary law. To cancel or relax an otherwise applicable limit on debate. — Also termed extend the limits of debate. See DEBATE. Cf. CLOSE DEBATE; LIMIT DEBATE.
habere facias possessionem (h[schwa]-beer-ee fay-shee-[schwa]s p[schwa]-zes[h]-ee-oh-n[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “that you cause to have possession”] Hist. A writ giving a successful ejectment-action plaintiff the possession of the recovered land. • If the sheriff delivered more than the person was entitled to, a writ of rehabere facias seisinam could compel the sheriff to return the excess.
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consumption. The act of destroying a thing by using it; the use of a thing in a way that thereby exhausts it.
The legal power and authority of a court to make a decision that binds the parties to any matter properly brought before it.
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