discontinuee
discontinuee, n. A person whose acquisition of an entailed estate causes a discontinuance of the fee tail heirs’ right to the estate. Cf. DISCONTINUOR.
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primary insured
The individual or entity whose name appears first in the declarations of an insurance policy. — Also termed first-named insured.
full faith and credit for child–support orders act
Full Faith and Credit for Child-Support Orders Act. A 1994 federal statute designed to facilitate interstate child-support collection. • Under the Act, the state first issuing a child-support order maintains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order as long as the child or one or both of the litigants continue to reside there, unless all
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veterans health administration
Veterans Health Administration. A unit in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for providing hospital, nursing-home, and medical care to eligible veterans of military service.
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lucrativa usucapio pro herede
lucrativa usucapio pro herede (loo-kr[schwa]-tI-v[schwa] yoo-z[y]oo-kay-pee-oh or -kap-ee-oh). [Latin] Roman law. A means of acquiring title to land that an heir has not possessed and excluding the rightful heirs by holding it for one year after the death of the landowner. • There was no requirement that the possessor act in good faith. This practice
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board of veterans’ appeals
Board of Veterans’ Appeals. The agency in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for reviewing decisions on entitlements to veterans’ benefits. • The Board’s decisions are subject to review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
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initial public offering
A company’s first public sale of stock; the first offering of an issuer’s equity securities to the public through a registration statement. — Abbr. IPO. [Cases: Securities Regulation 11.11. C.J.S. Securities Regulation §§ 37–38.]
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obscenity
obscenity, n. 1. The characteristic or state of being morally abhorrent or socially taboo, esp. as a result of referring to or depicting sexual or excretory functions. [Cases: Constitutional Law 82(10), 90.4; Obscenity 1. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 464, 546, 631, 635–637, 639, 644, 646–648; Obscenity§§ 1–8.] 2. Something (such as an expression or act)
local law theory
Conflict of laws. The view that, although a court of the forum recognizes and enforces a local right (that is, one created under its own law), in a foreign-element case it does not necessarily apply the rule that would govern an analogous case of a purely domestic character, but instead takes into account the law
northwest territory
Northwest Territory. Hist. The first possession of the United States, being the geographical region south of the Great Lakes, north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River, as designated by the Continental Congress in the late 1700s. • This area includes the present states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the
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