PROPERTY

Child’s trust refers to a trust fund created for children, usually by family members, in order to have the assets managed until the children mature. These trust funds can be created to operate in a variety of ways.

• trusts

CIDs are common interest developments, a type of property development with multiple owners and a governing association. Each owner in CIDs has their own property with rights to the common area. CIDs often are used for both business and residential purposes such as malls and condominiums.

A civil case is a non-criminal legal dispute between private parties, typically involving rights and obligations under the U.S. Constitution, federal law, state law, or common law.

Civil forfeiture is a legal process that allows the government to seize property suspected of being connected to criminal activity, even if the property owner is never char

• CIVIL FORFEITURE
• asset forfeiture
• FORFEITURE
• PROPERTY RIGHTS
• search and seizure
• constitutional law
• Fourth Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• eighth amendment
• due process

A claim is a set of operative facts creating a right enforceable in court. The term claim is generally synonymous with the phrase cause of action, though some contexts prefer to use one of the terms over the other. For example, in the field of insurance, you generally file a claim for coverage under a policy rather than file a cause of action for coverage under a policy. 

Claims are usually statements of something true in a case, typically without providing proof.

• patent; novelty

A class is a group of people or things defined by one or more common attributes. In a legal context, a class refers to all those persons who are in the same category, having the same type of rights or who have suffered from the same incident. For example, a class of persons injured from the same incident in a class action suit. 

Clean room is a method of developing proprietary material in which a development team works in an isolated environment to ensure that the work is authentic and is not copied. The purpose is to provide evidence that similarities to others works is because of legitimate reasons and not copying. 

A cleaning fee is a nonrefundable fee charged by a landlord when a tenant moves in. The landlord uses this fee to clean the rental premises after the tenant moves out, regardless of whether the tenant left the place dirty or not. While most states do not have laws on cleaning fees, there are some states which make it illegal to charge cleaning fees.

Clear title is a title free of claims or disputes about the ownership. Claims, doubts, or disputes about ownership often arise from liens or encumbrances.