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Appraiser
APPRAISER A person selected or appointed by a competent authority or an interested party to evaluate the financial worth of property. Appraisers are frequently appointed in probate and condemnation proceedings and are also used by banks and real estate concerns to determine the market value of... Read more |
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Proceeds
PROCEEDS The yield, income, money, or anything of value produced from a sale of property or a particular transaction. Proceeds refers to whatever is received when an item is sold or to that which results or accrues from some possession or transaction. Proceeds are classified into cash and noncash... Read more |
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proceedings
Proceedings (of Psychical Research Societies) Official publications of the societies for psychical research. The first in the field was the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, London, the second the Proceedings of the old American Society for Psychical Research (1885-89), the... Read more |
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Ancillary
ANCILLARY Subordinate; aiding. A legal proceeding that is not the primary dispute but which aids the judgment rendered in or the outcome of the main action. A descriptive term that denotes a legal claim, the existence of which is dependent upon or reasonably linked to a main claim. For example, a... Read more |
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Adjournment
ADJOURNMENT A putting off or postponing of proceedings; an ending or dismissal of further business by a court, legislature, or public official— Read more |
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Arraignment
ARRAIGNMENT The term "arraignment" refers to the formal proceeding at which an accused is brought before the court to answer a criminal charge contained in an indictment or information. At arraignment, the presiding judicial officer informs the accused of the offense charged in the indictment or... Read more |
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Action
ACTION Conduct; behavior; something done; a series of acts. A case or lawsuit; a legal and formal demand for enforcement of one's rights against another party asserted in a court of justice. The term action includes all the proceedings attendant upon a legal demand, its adjudication, and its... Read more |
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Interlocutory
INTERLOCUTORY Provisional; interim; temporary; not final; that which intervenes between the beginning and the end of a lawsuit or proceeding to either decide a particular point or matter that is not the final issue of the entire controversy or prevent irreparable harm during the pendency of the... Read more |
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Liquidation
LIQUIDATION The collection of assets belonging to a debtor to be applied to the discharge of his or her outstanding debts. A type of proceeding pursuant to federal bankruptcy law by which certain property of a debtor is taken into custody by a trustee to be sold, the proceeds to be distributed to... Read more |
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Drome
-drome • comb. form 1. denoting a place for running or racing: velodrome. 2. denoting something that runs or proceeds in a certain way: palindrome.... Read more |
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Commentary: Amendment clarifies Article 81, probate proceedings
...death (or pre-mortem) probate" proceeding. An amendment to New York...an Article 81 guardianship proceeding. Sect. 81.29(d) always...question of whether such a proceeding was authorized implicitly as an incident to guardianship proceedings ... |
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This event requires respectful hosts.(probate proceedings)(President's page)
...engage in unpleasant divorce proceedings, be a victim or watch a family...prosecuted as a criminal, sit in probate proceedings because of the loss of a loved...converse openly during judicial proceedings with each other and place beverages... |
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PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS TASK FORCE ON PROBATE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPT....
...announced that the Protective Proceedings Task Force will hold a public...ways in which Colorado court proceedings related to conservatorships...to take a critical look at probate-related services provided...LLP titled, "Oversight of Probate Cases - Colorado ... |
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Probate.com Officially Launches, Providing All-Inclusive Online Probate...
...PRWEB) December 15, 2011 Probate proceedings are anything but easy...lawyer involved in a proceeding who has questions." Probate.com is owned by Probate...a person involved in a probate proceeding to go to ... |
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Ten tips for handling complex probate.
...necessary to be appointed PR by probate courts in other states where the...was Florida, then the Florida probate proceeding should be filed first, being the...not Florida, a Florida ancillary probate proceeding must be filed. ... |
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WHAT ASSETS ARE INCLUDED IN PROBATE COURT ACTIONS?(Money)
...survivorship marital property. Because a probate proceeding will need to be undertaken as a...trust -- avoiding the need for any probate proceeding -- has been diminished...in the trust will not go through probate, so ... |
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A prudential exercise: abstention and the probate exception to federal...
...determining the outer reach of the probate exception. The federal circuit...current, or impending state probate proceeding. Generally, courts applying the...resolution will not undercut the past probate of a will or result in the federal... |
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Avoiding Probate through a Living Trust
...your heirs must pay for a court proceeding called probate in order to transfer your assets...your home determines how much the probate proceeding will cost. Because...appraised at $350,000, the probate charges for your home will be... |
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"PROBATE - AN OVERVIEW"
...deceased person's name to that of his or her heirs. Probate is the process used to obtain that court order. Probate is a court proceeding supervised by a judge. The first step in initiating a probate is the filing of a petition by the person seeking... |
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The Supreme Court takes exception to the "probate exception": Mrs. Smith goes...
...Marshall addresses the "probate exception" to federal...adjudicate the class of proceedings to which a particular proceeding belongs. (1) Court proceedings taken without subject...property. (7) In a proceeding to admit a will to ... |