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ASSESSORS

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An assessor is a person or government agency legally appointed to value and appraise property, usually for the purpose of establishing an amount which the property should be taxed. … [Read more...]

ASSIGNMENT

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This refers to the transfer of property rights from one person to another person, the assignor transferring the property to the assignee. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In contracts. 1. The act by which one person transfers to another, or causes to vest in that other, the whole of the right, interest, or property which he has in any realty or personalty, in … [Read more...]

ASSECURARE

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To assure, or make secure by pledges, or any solemn interposition of faith. Cowell; Spelman. … [Read more...]

ASSECURATION

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In European law. Assurance; insurance of a vessel, freight, or cargo. Ferriere. … [Read more...]

ASSECURATOR

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In maritime law. An insurer, (aversor periculi.) Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 2, c. 5, … [Read more...]

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