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Under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, the person who manages the property of a minor child until the child reaches the age of the majority, which is usually 21. … [Read more...] about CUSTODIAN

Latin meaning A guardian of morals. … [Read more...] about CUSTOS MORUM

(A) The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority. To be in custody, is to be lawfully detained under arrest. In another sense, custody signifies having the care and possession of a thing; as, the chancellor is entitled to the custody as the keeper of the seal. (B) To have custody or possession of an item or personal property. (C) Family Law. Legal Custody is the … [Read more...] about CUSTODY

(Latin: Ancient or great duties.) The duties on wool, sheepskin, or woolpelts and leather exported were so called, and were payable by every merchant, stranger as well as native, with the exception that merchant strangers paid one-half as much again as natives. 1 Bl. Comm. 314. … [Read more...] about CUSTUMA ANTIQUA SIVE MAGMA

Running; now in transit; whatever is at present in course of passage; as "the current month." When applied to money, it means "lawful;" current money is equivalent to lawful money. Wharton v. Morris, 1 Dall. 124, 1 L. Ed. 65. Current account. An open, running, or unsettled account between two parties. Tucker v. Quimby, 37 Iowa, 19; Franklin v. Camp, 1 N. J. Law, 196; Wilson v. … [Read more...] about CURRENT