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FOR SALE BY OWNER (FSBO)

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A term that denotes the sale of a home by the owner without the use of a real estate broker. It is usually done to save commission expenses the owner would pay the broker but the owner must invest its time in marketing the property and also learning the local real estate laws. … [Read more...]

FOR THAT

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pleading. It is a maxim in law, regulating alike every form of action, that the plaintiff shall state his complaint in positive and direct terms, and not by way of recital. For that, is a positive allegation; For that whereas, in Latin quod cum, is a recital. Hamm. N. P. 9. … [Read more...]

FOLLOW

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To conform to, comply with, or be fixed or determined by; as in the expressions "costs follow the event of the suit." "the situs of personal property follows that of the owner," "the offspring follows the mother," (partus sequitur ventrem). … [Read more...]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED

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A term used in contracts on within bills of exchange, referring to the receipt of money or value or valuable consideration. … [Read more...]

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