The declaration of someone's death in absence of their physical dead body, corpse or skeletal remains. One who is presumed dead. "In absentia" is Latin for the term "in absence". Such a declaration may be made when a person is missing for an extended period of time and the evidence overwhelmingly supports the belief that the person has perished. For example, ticketed and … [Read more...]

A state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or when, if other diseases are present, they are of minor importance. Dungl. Med. Diet … [Read more...]

Scotch law. A bankrupt. … [Read more...]

(Dyvour's Habit) Scotch law. A habit which debtors, who are set free on a cessio bonorum, are obliged to wear, unless in the summons and process of cessio, it be libeled, sustained, and proved that the bankruptcy proceeds from misfortune. And bankrupts are condemned to submit to the habit, even where no suspicion of fraud lies against them, if they have been dealers in an … [Read more...]

The legal requirement of a fiduciary to act with reasonable care after being fully informed of facts prior to making a decision. Usually used with regard to corporate officers, directors or others who are in a fiduciary position. … [Read more...]