suit+at+law

  • 61stockholder's derivative suit — A legal action in which a shareholder of a corporation sues in the name of the corporation to enforce or defend a legal right because the corporation itself refuses to sue. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. stockholder s… …

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  • 62taxpayer's suit — An action brought by an individual whose income is subjected to charges imposed by the state or federal government, for the benefit of that individual and others in order to prevent the unlawful diversion of public funds. Dictionary from West s… …

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  • 63class suit — n: class action Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 64derivative suit — n: derivative action Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 65shareholder's derivative suit — n: derivative action Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 66Law (comics) — Superherobox| caption = comic color = background:#80ffff character name = Law real name = Unknown publisher = Dark Horse Comics debut = Division 13 #1 creators = alliance color = background:#c0c0ff status = Deceased alliances = Ruby, Shamus,… …

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  • 67procedural law — n: law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (as in a suit) and that is distinguished from law that creates, defines, or regulates rights the federal courts in diversity actions must… …

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  • 68creditor’s bill (suit) — n. A proceeding brought in equity by a creditor who has secured judgment against a debtor to enforce payment of the debt if the creditor cannot reach the debtor’s property at law. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of… …

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  • 69creditor's suit — n. A proceeding in equity in which a judgment creditor seeks to discover and have delivered to him property that cannot be reached by the process available at law to enforce a judgment. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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  • 70Law of total tricks — In contract bridge, the Law of total tricks (abbreviated as LoTT) is a guideline used to help determine how high to bid in a competitive auction. It is not really a law (because counterexamples are easy to find) but a method of hand evaluation… …

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