Confiscation is when the government permanently takes a person’s property without compensation. The government can choose to confiscate a person’s possessions for a variety of reasons including criminal justifications such as the item being...
property law
confusingly similar
Confusingly similar, is a standard test that is applied to see whether a potential trademark conflicts with an existing trademark for the trademark registration purpose.
An example of confusingly similar in trademark law is...
conservatee
A conservatee is a person deemed incompetent by a court and, therefore, a court appointed conservator handles their financial and/or other daily life affairs. The roles of conservator and conservatee follow from the legal concept of...
consignee
A consignee is the person who receives the goods delivered by the consignor for sale. In a consignment contract, the consignee takes care of the goods and sells them. Until the goods are sold, the consignor does not lose ownership of the...
consignment
Consignment is a type of contract in which the consignor delivers the goods to the consignee for sale. The consignee takes care of the goods and sells them. Until the goods are sold, the consignor does not lose ownership of the goods. After...
consignor
A consignor is the person who delivers goods to the consignee for sale. In a consignment contract, the consignee takes responsibility for the goods and sells them. Until the goods are sold, the consignor does not lose ownership of the goods....
construction lien
A construction lien, also known as a mechanic’s lien, laborer’s lien, or artisan’s lien, is a type of lien that gives contractors a security interest in property until they have been paid for their work on that property.
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constructive
Constructive means something is legally declared, even if not technically true in a given case. Lawmakers and judges can decide to make things constructively true so that the intent of the laws cannot be easily thwarted by a loophole or lack...
constructive eviction
Constructive evictions occur when a landlord does not physically or legally evict a tenant but takes actions that interfere with the tenant's use and enjoyment of the premises significantly enough to constitute “eviction in fact.” The...
constructive possession
Constructive possession is the legal possession of an object that is not in the person’s direct physical control. Like other “constructive” meanings, constructive possession legally functions as actual possession in a variety of ways....