By this term is understood the division of an intestate's estate according to law. 2. The English statute of 22 and 23 Car. II. c. 10, which was itself probably borrowed from the 118th Novel of Justinian, is the foundation of, perhaps, most acts of distribution in the several states. In practice. The apportionment and division, under authority of a court, of the remainder of … [Read more...] about DISTRIBUTION
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DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS
Term used to denote a payment of profits to a member of a partnership or limited liability company. … [Read more...] about DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS
DISTRIBUTIVE
Exercising or accomplishing distribution; apportioning, dividing, and assigning in separate Items or shares. Distributive finding of the issue. The jury are bound to give their verdict for that party who, upon the evidence, appears to them to have succeeded in establishing his side of the issue. But there are cases in which an issue may be found distributively, i.e., in part … [Read more...] about DISTRIBUTIVE
DISTINGUISH
To be able to differentiate between two items, usually used when comparing to reported cases where one case appears to have a similar ruling on a similar issue but is, in fact, not the same and distinguished from another case. To point out an essential difference; to prove a case cited as applicable, inapplicable. … [Read more...] about DISTINGUISH
DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
That virtue, whose object it is to distribute rewards and punishments to every one according to his merits or demerits. … [Read more...] about DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE