executory process — A civil law process which can be resorted to in the following cases, namely: (1) When the right of the creditor arises from an act importing confession of judgment, and which contains a privilege or mortgage in his favor; (2) when the creditor… … Black's law dictionary
executory process — A proceeding under the civil law to enforce a judgment by confession by the seizure and sale of the property of the debtor. The term in French is execution paree … Ballentine's law dictionary
process — A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; method, mode or operation, whereby a result or effect is produced; normal or actual course of procedure; regular proceeding, as, the process of… … Black's law dictionary
via ordinaria; via executiva — /vaya 6rdaner(i)ya; vaya agzekyatayva/ In the law of Louisiana, the former phrase means in the ordinary way or by ordinary process, the latter means by executory process or in an executory proceeding. A proceeding in a civil action is ordinary… … Black's law dictionary
declaratory judgment — Law. a judgment that merely decides the rights of parties in a given transaction, situation, or dispute but does not order any action or award damages. * * * In law, a judgment merely declaring a right or establishing the legal status or… … Universalium
pactum de non alienando — /paektam diy non eyliyanaendow/ A pact or agreement binding the owner of property not to alienate it, intended to protect the interests of another; particularly an agreement by the mortgagor of real estate that he will not transfer the title to a … Black's law dictionary
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code — Bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy in the United States Authority · History U.S. Trustee Court … Wikipedia
Civil law notary — 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys Civil law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal … Wikipedia
South African contract law — is essentially a modernised version of the Roman Dutch law of contract, [1] which is itself rooted in Roman law. In the broadest definition, a contract is an agreement entered into by two or more parties with the serious intention of creating a… … Wikipedia
interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim … Law dictionary
