A trademark search is an investigation usually conducted by the party that intends to register and use a new trademark. The purpose of the investigation is to establish if there are any existing trademarks already registered or in use by its...
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traffic stop
A traffic stop of a vehicle and detention of its occupants is a seizure for Fourth Amendment purposes. A routine traffic stop is justified if the police officer has a reasonable suspicion that the occupant is unlicensed or the vehicle is unregistered....
trafficking
Trafficking is the transporting of or transacting in illegal goods or people. See drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and human trafficking.
[Last updated in December of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]
transaction
In business law, a transaction is an event associated with business dealings conducted between two or more parties that involve the formation and performance of an obligation or contract. The word transaction is frequently used in real estate...
transcarceration
Transcarceration is the transfer of prisoners or persons institutionalized for mental illness from one facility to another of the same type. Through transcarceration, prisoners are moved from one prison to another, and those institutionalized...
transcript
A transcript of a court record is the verbatim, official or certified record of all proceedings that transpired in the trial court. The transcript must also be taken by a court reporter.
Generally, a transcript is used in...
transfer
Transfer is an act by virtue of which title of a property is voluntarily conveyed from one person to another. It is a way of disposing of a property or an asset in the form of sale, money transfer, lease, license, lien, gift, etc. Transfer...
transfer agent
A transfer agent is an agent, usually a commercial bank or trust company, appointed by a corporation to keep legal records of all the corporation's stockholders. The transfer agent updates these records when stock is transferred, issued or...
transfer in contemplation of death
Transfer in contemplation of death means that a person transfers property to others when they believe they are about to die. If the person later recovers, the transfer may be revoked. It is also referred to as a gift causa mortis. The most...
transfer-on-death (TOD)
Transfer-on-death (TOD) refers to named beneficiaries that receive assets at the death of the property owner without the need for probate, facilitating the executor's disposition of the property owner's assets after their death. This is often...