To file a lawsuit. To officially make a claim. … [Read more...] about FILING A CLAIM
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FINAL
Definitive; terminating; completed ; last. In its use in jurisprudence, this word is generally contrasted with "interlocutory." Johnson v. New York, 48 Hun, 620, 1 N. Y. Supp. 254; Garrison v. Dougherty, 18 S. C. 488; Rondeau v. Beaumette, 4 Minn. 224 (Gil. 163); Blanding v. Sayles, 23 R. I. 226, 49 Ati. 992. Final decision. One from which no appeal or writ of error can be … [Read more...] about FINAL
FIGHTING WORDS
Words that are intended to be injuries, inflammatory so as to cause the person hearing them to retaliate and breach the peach. Such words are not protected free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and may be considered assault. … [Read more...] about FIGHTING WORDS
FILING DATE
The date that a claim or paperwork was officially filed, such as a summons and complaint or an answer. … [Read more...] about FILING DATE
FINAL BENEFICIARY
The person who is named to receive an item pursuant to a trust or other device after the death of the life beneficiary. The survivor obtains the property, e.g. when the owner of a life estate dies, the property may pass to the final beneficiary. … [Read more...] about FINAL BENEFICIARY