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ACKNOWLEDGMENT - ✔✔A formal declaration before a duly authorized public officer, such as a notary public, made by a person who has signed a document, that the signature is made voluntarily for the... purposes stated in the document ACKNOWLEDGMENT CERTIFICATE - ✔✔A written statement, affixed to a document, signed by an authorized public officer that states within a form prescribed by law, that the officer took the acknowledgment for the person who signed the document. ADMINISTRATOR - ✔✔An individual appointed by a court to manage the affairs of a deceased person. AFFIANT - ✔✔The person making an affidavit AFFIDAVIT - ✔✔A signed statement, duly sworn to, by the maker thereof, before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths. AFFIRMATION - ✔✔A solemn declaration, equivalent and just as binding as an oath, but without religious significance or reference to a Supreme Being. APOSTILLE - ✔✔Authentication from the Department of State attached to a notarized and county-certified document for possible international use. ATTEST - ✔✔To sign a document as a witness ATTESTATION CLAUSE - ✔✔The statement signed by a witness who is attesting the signature of a document as a witness. BILL OF SALE - ✔✔A document which passes title of personal property. CERTIFICATE - ✔✔A written statement, signed by an official, describing acts performed in an official capacity. CHATTEL - ✔✔Items of personal belongings such as household goods and fixtures. CHATTEL PAPER - ✔✔A document which evidences an obligation to pay money and a security interest in the property. CIVIL ACTION - ✔✔A lawsuit or action between two individual parties. CODICIL - ✔✔A document which modifies the terms of a will. CONSIDERATION - ✔✔Anything of value given to influence someone to enter into a contract. CONTEMPT OF COURT - ✔✔Disrespectful behavior in a court of law. CONTRACT - ✔✔A binding agreement between two or more parties to do or not do certain actions. CONVEYANCE - ✔✔The transferring of property title from one owner to another, esp. the documentation of the transfer of ownership. CRIMINAL PROCEEDING - ✔✔An action against someone by the State for violating a rule or a law. DEFENDANT - ✔✔The party against which legal action is brought. DEPONENT - ✔✔The person testifying in a deposition. [Show More]

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