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Federal courts are empowered to hear cases that either (i) deal with a question of federal law, or (ii) may hear cases that fall under diversity jurisdiction which means a case involving two citizens of two different states and where the plaintiff seeks damages that exceed $75,000. Cases that do not qualify for diversity jurisdiction must be brought in a state court. … [Read more...] about DIVERSITY JURISDICTION

English practice. A process commanding the sheriff to distrain a person from time to time, and continually afterwards, by taking his goods by way of pledge, to enforce the performance of something due from the party distrained upon. In this case, no distress can be immoderate, because, whatever its value may be, it cannot be sold, but is to be immediately restored on … [Read more...] about DISTRESS INFINITE

Lat. A distress; a distraint. Cowell. … [Read more...] about DISTRICTIO

(1) To provide assets to another, typically used with regard to some instrument that will pay or provide an asset to another, e.g. the distribution of assets of a trust or an estate. (2) To provide something to multiple people or parties, e.g. to distribute a product, to distribute a drug (which would could constitute a separate criminal offense.) … [Read more...] about DISTRIBUTE

An heir; a person entitled to share in the distribution of an estate. This term is admissible to denote one of the persons who are entitled, under the statute of distributions, to the personal estate of one who is dead Intestate. Henry v. Henry, 31 N. C. 278; Kitchen v. Southern Ry., 68 S. C. 554, 48 S. E. 4. … [Read more...] about DISTRIBUTEE