In practice. To place in due form before a court; to place among the records of a court. … [Read more...] about PUT IN
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PUT OPTION
A type of market option contract where the owner of a commodity has an option (but not the obligation) to sell at a specified time and price. … [Read more...] about PUT OPTION
PUT OUT
To open. To put out lights; to open or cut windows. 11 East 372. Putagium. haereditatem nom adimlt. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, c 3, p. 117. Incontinence does not take away an inheritance. … [Read more...] about PUT OUT
PUTATIVE
Reputed; supposed; commonly esteemed. Applied in Scotch law to creditors and proprietors. 2 Karnes, EQ. 105, 107, 109. Putative father. The alleged or reputed father of an illegitimate child. State v. Nest-aval, 72 Minn. 415, 75 X. W. 725. Putative marriage. A marriage contracted in good faith and in ignorance (on one or both sides) that impediments exist which render it … [Read more...] about PUTATIVE
PUTATIVE FATHER
The reputed father. 2. This term is most usually applied to the father of a bastard child. 3. The putative father is bound to support his children, and is entitled to the guardianship and care of them in preference to all persons but the mother. … [Read more...] about PUTATIVE FATHER