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Law & EstatePlanning
- 5 by 5 power in trust
- abeyance
- abstract of title
- accept
- Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)
- acknowledge
- action to quiet title
- adhesion contract
- adjudication
- adjusted gross estate
- administrator
- ADV form
- adverse use
- advertising substantiation
- affidavit
- affinity fraud
- affirmative covenant
- Alaska Trust Act
- alienation
- alimony
- allonge
- amendment
- antedate
- arbitration
- arbitration panel
- arbitrator
- arm's length price
- arm's length transaction
- arrangement
- Article 9
- Articles of Association
- Articles of Incorporation
- as is
- assign
- assignability
- assignee
- assignment of rents
- assignment to creditors
- assignor
- attest
- attorney in fact
- authentication
- authorize
- backdate
- bankruptcy estate
- basket clause
- bequeath
- bequest
- bill of exchange
- bill of sale
- binder
- blind trust
- Blue Laws
- boilerplate
- bona fide
- breach
- break fee
- brochure rule
- business entity concept
- business trust
- by the book
- bylaws
- bypass trust
- Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)
- cash distribution per unit (CDPU)
- causa mortis
- caveat emptor
- certificate
- certificate in investment performance management (CIPM)
- certificate of good standing
- certificate of title
- certification
- Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA)
- Certified Financial Planner
- Certified Forensic Financial Analyst (CFFA)
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- ceteris paribus
- Chapter 13
- charitable lead trust
- charitable remainder trust
- charter
- Chartered Trust and Estate Planner
- Chief Security Officer (CSO)
- class action suit
- Clayton Act
- clear title
- closed union
- codicil
- coercive incentive
- collusion
- commitment
- community property
- complex trust
- comply
- compulsory
- compulsory arbitration
- condemnation
- condition
- confidentiality agreement
- confirmation
- conformed copy
- conservator
- conservatorship
- consideration
- contingency
- contingent annuity
- contingent liability
- contingent remainder
- contract
- contract for deed
- contract sale
- contractor
- contractual liability
- contractual lien
- conveyance
- copyright
- corporate agent
- Corporate And Criminal Fraud Accountability Act
- corporate charter
- corporate fiduciary
- corporate resolution
- Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB)
- counteroffer
- covenant
- credit agreement
- crummey trust
- custody
- damages
- DBA
- de facto
- de jure corporation
- de minimis tax rule
- de-escalation clause
- Debt Ceiling
- decedent
- decree
- deed
- defeasance
- defer
- deferred wage increase
- delivery
- Department of Commerce
- Depository Institutions Act of 1982
- diamond investment trust
- disciplinary layoff
- disclaimer
- disclaimer of opinion
- disclaimer trust
- disclosure
- discretion
- discretionary
- discretionary beneficiary
- discretionary trust
- disposition
- Division of Corporate Finance
- documentation
- doing business as
- donee
- donor
- due process
- Durable Power of Attorney
- easement
- Electronic Funds Transfer Act
- embezzle
- Emergency Banking Act Of 1933
- Eminent Domain
- encumbered
- endorsement
- endowment
- enrolled agent
- entity
- equitable owner
- escheatment
- escrow account
- escrow shares
- estate planning
- exclusive
- exclusive agency agreement
- executor
- executrix
- exempt transaction
- exemption trust
- express agreement
- Fair Credit Billing Act
- fair price provision
- Fair Trade Act
- FCC
- Federal
- Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
- Federal Reserve Act of 1913
- Federal Trade Commission Act Of 1914
- fiduciary
- fiduciary abuse
- fiduciary certification
- fiduciary fraud
- fiduciary negligence
- fiduciary risk
- financial asset securitization investment trust (FASIT)
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
- financial distress costs
- FIRREA
- fixed income clearing corporation (FICC)
- fixed price contract
- for the benefit of
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- foreign invested enterprise (FIE)
- forfeiture
- forgery
- Form S-3
- foundation
- fraud
- garnishing
- generation-skipping trust
- Gold Reserve Act Of 1934
- good faith
- grandfather clause
- grandfathered activities
- grant deed
- grantor retained income trust (GRIT)
- grantor trust rules
- gross estate
- guarantee
- guarantor
- guardian
- Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
- hedge clause
- heir
- Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI)
- holdback
- holder
- holder in due course
- Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA)
- hush money
- identity theft
- implied contract
- implied warranty
- imprimatur
- in intestacy
- inc.
- incapacity
- incident of ownership
- income beneficiary
- incorporated
- incorporation
- independent executor
- indirect claim
- infringement
- Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988
- instrument
- intellectual property
- inter vivos
- inter vivos trust
- interest in possession trust
- Internal Revenue Bulletin (IRB)
- International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
- International Banking Act of 1978
- international harmonization
- intestate
- Investment Advisors Act of 1940
- investment agreement
- involuntary conversion
- involuntary trust
- IP-backed
- ironclad
- irrevocable
- irrevocable income-only trust (IIOT)
- irrevocable trust
- joint
- joint life with last survivor annuity
- joint tenancy with right of survivorship
- joint venture
- jurisdiction
- lead regulator
- legacy
- legal
- legal age
- legal entity
- legal monopoly
- legal risk
- legal transfer
- legislative risk
- letter of last instructions
- letters patent
- letters testamentary
- liable
- license
- licensing
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
- Limited Liability Partnership
- limited purpose trust company
- litigate
- living trust
- living will
- LLP
- ltd
- Machiavellian
- Major Fraud Act of 1989
- making delivery
- malpractice
- mandate
- McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945
- McFadden Act
- mediation
- Mello-Roos
- minor child
- misselling
- Monetary Control Act
- money laundering
- moral suasion
- moratorium
- mortgage lien
- municipal
- mutual will
- NAFTA
- National Securities Markets Improvement Act Of 1996 (NSMIA)
- net estate
- No-Action Letter
- non-arm's length transaction
- non-compete agreement
- non-disclosure agreement
- nondiscretionary trust
- nonjudicial foreclosure
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- notarize
- Notary Public
- notice
- notice to creditors
- null and void
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- officer
- official
- official statement
- opinion of title
- opt out vote
- ordinance
- party
- patent
- patent pending
- penalty
- Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990
- per stirpes
- permit
- plaintiff
- pledging requirement
- Ponzi scheme
- pour-over will
- power of appointment
- Power of Attorney
- price support
- primary regulator
- principal-agent relationship
- principle
- private limited company
- Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
- probate
- proof
- property
- proposal
- provision
- Prudent Investor Act
- Prudent Man Rule
- PSLRA
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- public limited company (PLC)
- punitive damages
- quasi-public corporation
- quiet title
- quorum
- ratify
- registered
- registered principal
- registration right
- regulation
- Regulation S
- regulatory accounting principles (RAP)
- regulatory agency
- regulatory requirements
- regulatory risk
- related party
- related party transaction
- remainder interest
- remainder man
- repayment terms
- replacement risk
- representative
- rescind
- rescission
- residuary trust
- resolution
- RESPA
- restraint of trade
- restrictive covenant
- revisionary trust
- revocable trust
- revocation
- revoke
- rider
- right of first offer
- right of first refusal
- right of rescission
- Right to Know
- rule 147
- Safety And Soundness Exam
- scalper
- scrip
- Section 31 fee
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- securities attorneys
- Securities Law Enforcement Remedies Act of 1990
- security deposit
- self-dealing
- series 24
- series 65
- series 66
- Series 7 license
- settle
- settlor
- severability
- severalty
- Shareholder Communications Improvement Act
- short-short test
- specified investment flow-through trust (SIFT)
- spousal remainder trust
- sprinkling trust
- Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
- Statute of Limitations
- statutory
- statutory investment
- Stock Appreciation Rights
- stockholder derivative suit
- structured settlement
- subscription agreement
- successor trustee
- sue
- sunshine laws
- supplemental agreement
- tacit
- Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
- taping rule
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982
- Tax Reform Act of 1976
- Tax Reform Act of 1984
- Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1998 (TAMRA)
- tenancy by the entirety
- tenancy in common
- terminal year
- terminate
- terms
- testament
- testamentary trust
- testate
- testator
- third party
- threshold list
- Thrift Financial Report
- title
- tort
- totten trust
- trade through rule
- transfer on death (TOD)
- triggering term
- trust
- trust agreement
- trust company
- trust fund
- trustee
- trustee in bankruptcy
- trustor
- UGMA
- ultra vires activities
- unclaimed property
- unconditional
- Uniform Gift to Minors Act
- uniform practice code
- uniform submission agreement
- Uniform Transfer to Minors Act
- Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA)
- unincorporated business
- unsuitability
- usury laws
- valid
- variable interest entity
- verbatim
- Victim Impact Statement
- void contract
- voidable
- voluntary liquidation
- waiver
- wall
- Wells notice
- will
- windfall
- writ of execution