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La-Van Hawkins
La-Van Hawkins1960— Businessman, restaurateur Few people have risen so far—or fallen so fast—as businessman and restaurant owner La-Van Hawkins. In 2003, Hawkins was on top of the world: born in the ghettos of Chicago, he had become the owner of more than 100 Pizza Hut franchises in Michigan and... Read more |
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Just Compensation
JUST COMPENSATION Equitable remuneration to the owner of private property that is expropriated for public use through condemnation, the implementation of the governmental power of eminent domain. The fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution proscribes the taking of private property by the... Read more |
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Alienable
ALIENABLE The character of property that makes it capable of sale or transfer. Absent a restriction in the owner's right, interests in real property and tangible personal property are generally freely and fully alienable by their nature. Likewise, many types of intangible personal property, such... Read more |
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Asset
ASSET Assets are items that have value, which can be measured monetarily. There are two types of assets: tangible and intangible. Tangible assets, or touchable assets, are real, physical objects such as equipment, raw materials, furniture, and land. Intangible assets may represent something of... Read more |
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freeholder
freeholder. Technically any outright owner of land is a freeholder, but the most regular use of the word historically has been in the context of voting rights. Freeholders were those people who owned property worth 40 shillings (£2) a year and were thus entitled to vote in county elections, at... Read more |
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Proprietary
PROPRIETARY As a noun, a proprietor or owner; one who has the exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses or holds the title to a thing in his or her own right; one who possesses the dominion or ownership of a thing in his or her own right. As an adjective, belonging to ownership; owned by a... Read more |
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finder
finder in law. Ordinarily the finder of lost property is entitled to retain it against anyone except the owner. It is larceny , however, for the finder to keep the property if he knows or can easily determine who owns it. In some places the finder must deliver the lost object to the police; if it... Read more |
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civil rights
civil rights rights that a nation's inhabitants enjoy by law. The term is broader than "political rights," which refer only to rights devolving from the franchise and are held usually only by a citizen, and unlike "natural rights," civil rights have a legal as well as a philosophical basis.... Read more |
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Listing
LISTING An agreement that represents the right of a real estate agent or broker to handle the sale of real property and to receive a fee or commission for services. There are various types of real estate listings. A general or open listing is a right to sell that may be given to more than one... Read more |
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Timeshare
TIMESHARE A form of shared property ownership, commonly in vacation or recreation condominium property, in which rights vest in several owners to use property for a specified period each year. Timeshare ownership of vacation or recreation condominium property is a popular choice for persons who... Read more |
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