PROPERTY

30-day notice

A 30-day notice is a written letter from tenant to landlord or landlord to tenant informing the other party of their intent to terminate or change a month-to-month or other periodic tenancy of less than one year. The 30-day notice requirement...

ab intestato

Ab intestato is a Latin term meaning "by intestacy." The term refers to laws governing the succession of property after the previous owner of the property dies without a valid will.

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AB Trust

AB trust (also called a bypass trust or a credit shelter trust) is a tool often used by well-off married individuals to legally maximize their estate tax exemptions.

The strategy involves creating two separate trusts after...

abandon

Abandon refers to the act of abandonment. A party can “abandon” in multiple fields of law and abandoning generally, though not always, involves voluntarily giving up a right.

See abandonment for more information.

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abandoned application

An “abandoned application” refers to the abandonment of a patent or trademark application. An application is removed from the docket of pending applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when the applicant (either directly or...

abandoned property

Abandoned property is personal property that was left by an owner who intentionally relinquishes all rights to its control. Real property may not be abandoned (see also adverse possession).

Overview

At common law, a person...

abandonment

Abandonment is a term that applies to a variety of areas of law. These areas include family law, civil procedure, and property.

Matrimonial Law

In matrimonial law, abandonment is a form of marital misconduct which occurs...

abandonment (of trademark)

Abandonment of a trademark occurs when the owner of the trademark deliberately ceases to use the trademark for three or more years, with no intention of using the trademark again in the future. When a trademark is abandoned, the trademark...

abatement

Abatement is the act of reducing or nullifying something. Multiple subjects throughout law are subject to abatement and the term appears in many locations.

In property law, abatement refers to a reduction in property taxes a...

abatement clause

An abatement clause is defined as a provision in a lease agreement that releases the tenant from paying rent if an act of God makes occupancy impossible or otherwise precludes the property from being used.

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