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Alfredo Tapia

Landlord-Tenant, Litigation, Immigration
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  10 Years

Andrew L. Jaloza

Education, Landlord-Tenant, Trusts, Estate Planning
Status:  In Good Standing           

Andrzej Gasak

Landlord-Tenant, Defect and Lemon Law, Dispute Resolution, Immigration
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  21 Years

Anjanagauri Koul

Landlord-Tenant, Immigration
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  14 Years

Anna Roberts

Landlord-Tenant, Wills & Probate, Criminal
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  21 Years

Barry H. Block

Real Estate, Landlord-Tenant, Foreclosure, Commercial Real Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  32 Years

Beatrice Leong

Landlord-Tenant, Immigration, Social Security, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  11 Years

Bencion J. Schlager

Landlord-Tenant, Family Law, Personal Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  26 Years

Callistus Emele Uwakwe

Landlord-Tenant, Immigration, Estate, Pension & Benefits
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  12 Years

Carolyn Salian Clyne

Landlord-Tenant, Real Estate, Immigration, Consumer Rights
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  21 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

LEGACY

An outdated legal word meaning personal property left by a will. The more common term for this type of property is bequest. Compare devise.

BEQUEST

The legal term for personal property (anything but real estate) left in a will.

QUANTUM MERUIT

The reasonable value of services provided, which a winning party may be able to recover from an opponent who broke a contract.

MORTGAGE

A loan in which the borrower puts up the title to real estate as security (collateral) for a loan. If the borrower doesn't pay back the debt on time, the lender... (more...)
A loan in which the borrower puts up the title to real estate as security (collateral) for a loan. If the borrower doesn't pay back the debt on time, the lender can foreclose on the real estate and have it sold to pay off the loan.

IMPLIED WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY

A legal doctrine that requires landlords to offer and maintain livable premises for their tenants. If a landlord fails to provide habitable housing, tenants in ... (more...)
A legal doctrine that requires landlords to offer and maintain livable premises for their tenants. If a landlord fails to provide habitable housing, tenants in most states may legally withhold rent or take other measures, including hiring someone to fix the problem or moving out. See constructive eviction.

ESCHEAT

The forfeit of all property to the state when a person dies without heirs.

INCAPACITY

(1) A lack of physical or mental abilities that results in a person's inability to manage his or her own personal care, property or finances. (2) A lack of abil... (more...)
(1) A lack of physical or mental abilities that results in a person's inability to manage his or her own personal care, property or finances. (2) A lack of ability to understand one's actions when making a will or other legal document. (3) The inability of an injured worker to perform his or her job. This may qualify the worker for disability benefits or workers' compensation.

SEIZURE

The taking of physical evidence or property by law enforcement officials. This runs the gamut from taking blood for a drug test to impounding a car used in a ro... (more...)
The taking of physical evidence or property by law enforcement officials. This runs the gamut from taking blood for a drug test to impounding a car used in a robbery. The police must generally obtain a search warrant, or court order, before they can seize personal property.

EXECUTRIX

An old-fashioned term for a female executor--the person named in a will to handle the distribution of the deceased person's property. Now, whether male or femal... (more...)
An old-fashioned term for a female executor--the person named in a will to handle the distribution of the deceased person's property. Now, whether male or female, this person is called either the executor or the personal representative.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Rios v. Carrillo

... In 2000 the plaintiff landlord leased a residential apartment to the defendant tenant for a term of two years. ... Not long thereafter, some courts extended this 113 reasoning to the issue of landlord's [sic] duty to mitigate, concluding that a landlord should indeed have such a duty ... ...

MATTER OF YITZHAK" JAMES" PASTREICH v. NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

... The August 1991 rent stabilized lease entered into by tenant and landlord recited a monthly rent of $5,747.52, but included a rider, denominated "Rider to Preferential Lease Agreement," providing for a "preferential rent" of $3,000 on condition that tenant accept the apartment in ...

MATTER OF 508 REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC v. New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal

... The Rent Stabilization Law (Administrative Code of City of NY § 26-501 et seq.) provides that if the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (hereinafter the DHCR) finds that a landlord, after a reasonable opportunity to be heard, has collected an ...