A bond that holds a defendant liable for a breach of the bond’s conditions (such as failure to appear in court), but that is not secured by a deposit of or lien on property. See RECOGNIZANCE. [Cases: Bail 40, 55. C.J.S. Bail; Release and Detention Pending Proceedings§§ 8, 93–95.]
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withdrawal, n. 1. The act of taking back or away; removal (withdrawal of consent). 2. The act of retreating from a place, position, or situation ( withdrawal from the moot-court competition). 3. The removal of money from a depository (withdrawal of funds from the checking account). 4. RENUNCIATION (3) (withdrawal from the conspiracy to commit
rule of doubt. 1. Copyright. The doctrine that unreadable or incomprehensible identifying material deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office may not be protected under copyright law because it cannot be easily examined to determine whether it qualifies. • This rule usu. applies to computer object code. Unlike a certificate of registration, a filing under the
file, n. 1. A court’s complete and official record of a case (the associate went to the courthouse to verify that the motion is in the file). 2. A lawyer’s complete record of a case (the paralegal stored the file in three drawers in her office). 3. A portion or section of a lawyer’s case
feigned issue. Hist. A proceeding in which the parties, by consent, have an issue tried by a jury without actually bringing a formal action. • The proceeding was done when a court either lacked jurisdiction or was unwilling to decide the issue. — Also termed fictitious issue. “The chancellor’s decree is either interlocutory or final.
condemnation (kon-dem-nay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The act of judicially pronouncing someone guilty; conviction. 2. The determination and declaration that certain property (esp. land) is assigned to public use, subject to reasonable compensation; the exercise of eminent domain by a governmental entity. See EMINENT DOMAIN. excess condemnation. A taking of land in excess of the boundaries of
A revocable trust created by one’s deposit of money, typically in a savings account, in the depositor’s name as trustee for another. • A Totten trust is an early form of “pay on death” account, since it creates no interest in the beneficiary unless the account remained at the depositor’s death. Its name derives from
interpleader, n. 1. A suit to determine a right to property held by a usu. disinterested third party (called a stakeholder) who is in doubt about ownership and who therefore deposits the property with the court to permit interested parties to litigate ownership. • Typically, a stakeholder initiates an interpleader both to determine who should
deponent (di-poh-n[schwa]nt), n. 1. One who testifies by deposition. 2. A witness who gives written testimony for later use in court; AFFIANT. — depone, vb.