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Another person who signs his or her name on a loan, debt or other agreement of obligation (including lease) where the person agrees to act as a guarantor in the event the primary debtor does not pay. A cosigner is responsible for the entire amount of the loan or debt. Cosigners are commonly used for lease and credit card agreements when the primary party has poor credit. … [Read more...] about COSIGNER

A term descriptive of such things as have an objective, material existence; perceptible by the senses of sight and touch; possessing a real body. Opposed to Incorporeal and spiritual. Civ. Code La. 1900, art 460; Sullivan v. Richardson, 33 Fla. 1, 14 South. 692. There is a distinction between "corporeal" and "corporal." The former term means "possessing a body," that is, … [Read more...] about CORPOREAL

In old English law. A clerk belonging to the staple, to write and record the bargains of merchants there made. … [Read more...] about CORRECTOR OF THE STAPLE

civil law. That which consists of such subjects as are palpable. In the common law, the term to signify the same thing is properly in possession. It differs from incorporeal property, which consists of choses in action and easements, as a right of way, and the like. … [Read more...] about CORPOREAL PROPERTY

In Spanish law. A magistrate who took cognizance of various misdemeanors, and of civil matters. 2 White, New Recop. 53. … [Read more...] about CORREGIDOR