Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
statute of distribution — a statute regulating the distribution of the personal property or estate of a deceased person … Useful english dictionary
distribution — Division. The transmission of personal property of a decedent by the passing of title to the personal representative for the payment of decedent s debts and claims against the estate, and finally to distribute the remainder to the persons… … Ballentine's law dictionary
distribution — dis·tri·bu·tion /ˌdis trə byü shən/ n 1: the act or process of distributing: as a: the apportionment by a court of the property and esp. personal property of an intestate among those entitled to it according to statute compare descent, devise … Law dictionary
statute — A formal written enactment of a legislative body, whether federal, state, city, or county. An act of the legislature declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a particular law enacted and established by the will of the legislative… … Black's law dictionary
Statute of repose — Civil procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Doctrines of civil procedure Jurisdiction Subject matter jurisdiction Diversity jurisdiction Personal jurisdiction Removal jurisdiction Venue Change of venue … Wikipedia
Statute of Anne — The Statute of Anne (short title Copyright Act 1709 8 Anne c.19; long title An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned ) was the … Wikipedia
Statute of Autonomy — Nominally, a Statute of Autonomy is a law hierarchically located under the constitution of a country, and over any other form of legislation (including organic laws). This legislative corpus concedes a degree of autonomy to a subnational unit,… … Wikipedia
Statute of Bankrupts Act 1542 — The Statute of Bankrupts ( 34 35 Henry VIII, c. 4 ) was an Act passed by the Parliament of England in 1542. It was the first statute under English law dealing with bankruptcy or insolvency.The Act contained an extremely long preamble which… … Wikipedia
Texas obscenity statute — The Obscene Device Law is a Texas statute dealing with obscenity. In 1973 the Texas Legislature passed Section 43.21 of the Texas Penal Code which, in part, prohibits the sale or promotion of Obscene device[s] mean[ing] a device including a dildo … Wikipedia
proration statute — A statute providing that the amount of estate taxes shall be paid out of the estate before its distribution and shall be equitably prorated among the persons interested in the estate to whom benefit accrues, except as the testator directs… … Ballentine's law dictionary
