In medical jurisprudence. The time during which a female, who has conceived, carries the embryo or fetus in her uterus. … [Read more...]

A good or service provided as a gift that is needed or desired by the recipient, e.g. a gift of clothing to the Salvation Army. … [Read more...]

mer. law. An Italian word,, which signifies the drawer. It is derived from, girare, to draw, in the same manner as the English verb to murder, is transformed into murdrare in our old indictments. Hall, Mar. Loans, 183, n. … [Read more...]

A trust designed to save on estate tax by passing the money through levels of family's descendants. The principal of the trust goes solely to the grandchildren as beneficiaries. The children receive only trust income. As a result, the children (second generation) never legally own the property (or corpus) of the trust and thus it isn't taxable to them and their estate at their … [Read more...]

In the civil law. A general class or division, comprising several species. In toto jure generi per speciem derogatur, et illud potis8imum habetur quod ad speciem directum est, throughout the law, the species takes from the genus, and that is most particularly regarded which refers to the species. A man's lineage, or direct descendants. In logic, it is the first of the … [Read more...]