Law Glossary
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Law Glossary
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A law glossary that is being written and published using Leanpub's philosophy.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- \#’s
-
A
- abatement
- abeyance
- abrogate
- abstract fees
- accidental American
- accumulation planning
- action for mesne profits
- action for the recovery of mesne profits
- action of trespass for mesne profits
- active trust
- activities of daily living (ADLs)
- ademption
- adjourn
- adjournment
- administrator cum testamento annexo (c.t.a.)
- administrator de bonis non (d.b.n.)
- advance-and-protect strategy
- affidavit
- after-tax dollars
- age-based 529 plan
- agency mortgage-backed securities
- agency mortgage bonds
- Agreement Settling Account
- aids
- alienable
- alienation
- allodial
- amend
- American Citizens Abroad
- amortization
- annuitant
- answer
- antenuptial agreement
- appellant
- appellee
- asset protection
- assignee for the benefit of creditors
- average liquidity coverage ratio
- B
-
C
- call
- callable certificate of deposit
- capital gains
- capital gains tax
- capital loss
- casual ejector
- catch and kill
- catch-up contribution
- certificate of deposit
- cestui que trust
- chattel
- chose
- chose in action
- codicil
- collateral heirs
- Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
- common law
- community property
- community spouse
- commute
- concurrent interest
- concurrent jurisdiction
- concurrent ownership
- Congressional Review Act (CRA)
- consideration
- contingent convertible bond (CoCo)
- contribution
- convenience of employer rule
- copyhold tenure
- correction
- correction deed
- cost of living
- court
- Court Baron
- Court Customary
- covenant of seisin
- covenant for seisin
- CPLR § 408
- creator
- credit risk
- Credit Suisse
- cryptocurrency
- CUSIP number
-
D
- Danegeld
- dapps
- DAPT
- de facto
- de jure
- death benefit
- death-put redemption clause in a certificate of deposit
- death tax
- decanting
- decedent
- decentralized apps
- decentralized finance
- decumulation
- deed
- defective grantor trust
- defendant in error
- DeFi
- demesne
- dependent tenure
- designated Roth contribution
- devisable
- devise
- devisee
- disclaim
- discretionary power of appointment
- disposition
- distributee
- Domesday Book
- donor
- draftsmanship
- durable power of attorney
- duress
- dwelling
- dynasty trust
- E
- F
- G
- H
-
I
- “I love you” will
- ICE U.S. Dollar Index
- Illinois Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Program
- incidents of tenure
- ILIT
- income-driven repayment (IRD) plan
- inflation
- inflation rate
- informal settlement of an estate
- inheritable
- inheritance tax
- insurable title
- intentionally defective grantor trust (IDGT)
- inter alia
- Internal Revenue Code (IRC)
- Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA)
- intestacy law
- intestate
- inverted yield curve
- involuntary alienation
- J
- K
- L
-
M
- manor
- manorial court
- marginal tax rate
- market value of a bond
- marketable title
- may
- measuring life
- mediator
- merger
- mesne profits
- military tenure
- money market fund
- money market mutual fund (MMMF)
- mortgage insurance premium
- mortgage protection insurance
- mortgage recasting
- motherhood penalty
- multiple dwelling
- N
- O
-
P
- part performance
- partnership
- passive trust
- pass-through entity tax (PTET)
- patrimony
- pay-as-you-go
- pay-go
- petit serjeanty
- petition
- plaintiff in error
- postponed power of appointment
- power
- power of appointment
- power of attorney
- precatory language
- predecease
- present interest
- preservation planning
- primer seisin
- primogeniture
- private mortgage insurance
- private trust company
- probate
- probate assets
- progressive tax
- pro tanto
- PTET
- public record
- put
- Q
-
R
- ratio decidendi
- Receipt and Release Agreement
- Receipt, Release, Refunding and Indemnification Agreement
- recession
- regressive tax
- remaining executor
- relief
- remedy of distress
- remote-ink notarization (RIN)
- remote online notarization (RON)
- rent
- renunciation
- required beginning date
- required minimum distribution (RMD)
- res
- reversion
- risk management
- risk-tolerance surveys
- rule against perpetuities
-
S
- salary reduction contribution
- scoring a bill
- scutage
- seal
- seisin
- self-declared trust
- self-settled trust
- serjeanty tenure
- service
- settlement
- settlor
- short sale
- short-term capital gains
- shorting a stock
- Silicon Valley Bank
- skip person
- slave
- socage tenure
- Sotheyb’s
- special verdict
- spendthrift clause
- SPLAT
- stagflation
- static 529 plan
- Statute of Frauds
- Statute of Wills (1540)
- Statute Quia Emptores (1290)
- statutory will
- stock buyback
- subpoena ad testificandum
- subpoena duces tecum
- successor agent
- successor trustee
- sundowner’s syndrome
- surrender and admittance
- surviving executor
-
T
- target-date fund
- tax bracket system
- tax cliff
- tax credit
- tax deduction
- tax installment agreement
- taxable income
- tax-loss harvesting
- tax planning
- tax preparation
- tax rate
- tenancy by the entirety
- tenancy in partnership
- tenant in capite
- tenant-in-chief
- tenant in demesne
- tenants paravail
- tenure
- tenure by divine service
- tenure by knight service
- testament
- testamentary substitutes
- testamentary trust
- testate
- testator
- the great wealth transfer
- The New Domesday Book
- the observer effect
- the TINA effect for stocks
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
- title
- title insurance
- title report
- total value locked
- Treasuries
- trial by judge
- trust
- trust protector
- trustee
- trustor
- turnkey property
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
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