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| | franchise tax
a tax that is imposed by states on corporations; it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state. |
| Business Law | details | | | garnishee
A third party, usually a bank or an employer, who has been notified that money or property in his or her hands but belonging to a defendant has been seized by a court order. |
| Enforcement of Judgment | details | | | garnishment
is a means of collecting a monetary judgment against a defendant by ordering a third party (the garnishee) to pay money, otherwise owed to the defendant, directly to the plaintiff. |
| Enforcement of Judgment | details | | | garnishment of wages
Wage garnishment occurs when an employer withholds the earnings of an individual for the payment of a debt as the result of a court order or other equitable procedure. Title III of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA)
prohibits an employer from ... |
| Enforcement of Judgment | details | | | grantor
A person who grants another person or entity (an agent) the authority and power to act on behalf of the grantor in accordance with the powers set forth in a power of attorney document.
(2) The person who sets up a trust or makes a disposition of pr ... |
| Elder Law and Estate Planning | details | | | illegal immigrant
is an individual who is not a citizen of the USA and does not owe allegiance to the USA, and who entered the USA without goverment permission (visa) or overstay his/her visa term. |
| Immigration Law | details | | | incorporate
to form a business entity. |
| Business Law | details | | | incorporate by reference
A doctrine of the common law, by which a person may state in his will that certain property is to be disposed of by a separate document, describing the place where the document will be found. Three requirements must generally be met in order for such ... |
| General Legal Word | details | | | insolvency
n - insufficiency of financial resources to pay one’s debt.
See also: bankruptcy. |
| Bankruptcy Law | details | | | joint tenancy
an ownership of a parcel of real property by more then one person. In most states the language of the deed must specifically state that the title is held by joint tenants. |
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