In-kind is a distribution, or the substitution of goods or services in lieu of money. In-kind is commonly used in wills and trusts, as it empowers the executor or trustee to distribute property to beneficiaries.
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incapacity
Incapacity is a term used across different areas of the legal landscape that reflects one’s inability to perform various functions.
Common uses include:
A lack of physical or mental/cognitive ability that results in a...incest
Incest is marriage or sexual intercourse with a relative within the prohibited degree of consanguinity. In other words, incest is sexual contact between close blood relatives, including brothers and sisters, parents and children,...
income in respect of decedent
Income in respect of decedent or “IRD” refers to any income a deceased person would have received, had they lived. For example, when a salesperson earns a commission, and dies before the commission is paid.
Depending on who...
incompatibility
Incompatibility refers to persistent and unresolvable differences or irreconcilable conflicts between spouses that make it impossible to continue living together as spouses. Every state now recognizes this to be grounds for no-fault divorce,...
incompatible
To be incompatible means that there are persistent and unresolvable differences or irreconcilable conflicts between spouses that make it impossible to continue living together as spouses. Every state now recognizes this to be grounds for no-...
incompetence
Incompetence or incompetency usually means a lack of legal ability to do something, especially to testify or stand trial. Incompetence can be caused by various types of disqualification, inability, or unfitness. Someone who is judged...
incompetency
Incompetency is a lack of physical or intellectual ability, or to be deemed unqualified of doing something or taking responsibility. Such inability is usually caused by a mental illness or disability.
Here are examples of...
incurable insanity
Incurable Insanity is a legal grounds for obtaining a divorce under family law. In Scott v. Scott, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina defined the term “Incurable Insanity” as being “so mentally impaired that he/she does not understand...
inherit
The term “inherit” may refer to one of two common uses.
The first use is in relation to inheritance. In this context, the term inherit refers to the act of acquiring another’s property upon their death. At common law, the...