A written document showing that spouses have agreed on the personal and financial consequences of divorce.
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A lawsuit seeking cancellation of an unlawful land registry entry and registration in the correct person's name.
A document containing procedural directions and preparatory orders issued at the early stage of a case.
The lawyer who represents and defends a suspect or defendant in criminal proceedings.
A legal declaration by which an heir refuses inheritance and avoids the estate's rights and debts under the applicable procedure.
A lawsuit filed to end co-ownership over a property shared by multiple people.
The legal process a creditor starts to collect a debt through state enforcement mechanisms.
A shorthand for a general information query used in security and judicial contexts.
Structures, trees, wells, greenhouses, or similar economically valuable additions later placed on real property.
The process by which heirs divide the estate according to their legal shares.
A period when courts handle a limited range of matters and the judicial calendar slows down.
The time-based limitation of a claim when it is not exercised within the period set by law.
The legal framework that governs how spouses manage and divide property during and after marriage.
Harm caused by a healthcare professional's practice falling below accepted professional standards.
The rules that determine how assets acquired during marriage are divided after divorce.
A legal remedy that reduces gifts or testamentary dispositions infringing a protected heir's reserved share.
The legally protected inheritance share that cannot be fully eliminated by the testator's dispositions.
A right that gives co-owners priority to buy a share when it is sold to a third party.
A transaction that does not reflect the parties' real intention and is used to mislead third parties.
An undertaking by the surety to answer for the principal debtor's obligation under specified conditions.
The transfer of an asset to another person by inheritance or legal transaction.