SUDDEN HEAT OF PASSION

In the common law definition of manslaughter, this phrase means an access of rage or anger, suddenly arising from a contemporary provocation. It means that the provocation must arise at the time of the killing, and that the passion is not the result of a former provocation, and the act must be directly caused by the passion arising out of the provocation at the time of the … [Read more...] about SUDDEN HEAT OF PASSION

In Scotch law. The whole lands astricted to a mill; that is, the lands of which the tenants are obliged to send their grain to that mill. Bell. … [Read more...] about SUCKEN, SUCHEN

A trustee who succeeds an original trustee has died or become incapacitated. … [Read more...] about SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

If the current owner of a property were to lose title or die, the successor in interest is the next person who would have title of the property. … [Read more...] about SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST

One who follows or comes into the place of another. 2. This term is applied more particularly to a sole corporation, or to any corporation. The word beir is more correctly applicable to a common person who takes an estate by descent. 3. It is also used to designate a person who has been appointed or elected to some office, after another person. Law Dictionary - Alternative … [Read more...] about SUCCESSOR