exemption from judgment
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exemption — Freedom from a general duty or service; immunity from a general burden, tax, or charge. Immunity from service of process or from certain legal obligations, as jury duty, military service, or the payment of taxes. See also immunity A privilege… … Black's law dictionary
exemption — Freedom from a general duty or service; immunity from a general burden, tax, or charge. Immunity from service of process or from certain legal obligations, as jury duty, military service, or the payment of taxes. See also immunity A privilege… … Black's law dictionary
exemption laws — A privilege allowed by law to a judgment debtor, by which he may hold property to a certain amount, or certain classes of property, free from all liability to levy and sale on execution or attachment. Laws enacted by individual states describing… … Black's law dictionary
exemption laws — A privilege allowed by law to a judgment debtor, by which he may hold property to a certain amount, or certain classes of property, free from all liability to levy and sale on execution or attachment. Laws enacted by individual states describing… … Black's law dictionary
Deficiency Judgment — A judgment made by a court against a debtor indicating that the sale on a foreclosed piece of property did not cover the outstanding mortgage in full. It is a lien placed on the debtor for further money. A deficiency judgment is not considered by … Investment dictionary
VAT-free imports from the Channel Islands — Many low valued exports of goods from the Channel Islands to the United Kingdom are exempt from value added tax (VAT) due to the operation of an EU tax relief called Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR). LVCR is not limited to the Channel Islands… … Wikipedia
Waiver Of Exemption — A provision in a consumer credit contract or loan agreement that permitted creditors to seize or threaten to seize specific possessions or property (typically those considered necessities) even if state law treated them as exempt from seizure. A… … Investment dictionary
dormant lien of judgment — The lien of a judgment which is in abeyance while the land is exempt from execution, but which becomes active or potential when the exemption ceases to exist. 26 Am J1st Home § 94. The lien of a dormant judgment during the period of dormancy in… … Ballentine's law dictionary
impunity — I noun absolution, acquittal, amnesty, condonation, dispensation, escape, exemption, exemption from judgment, exemption from penalty, exemption from punishment, freedom, freedom from judgment, freedom from penalty, freedom from punishment,… … Law dictionary
PUNISHMENT — While there is no modern theory of punishment that cannot, in some form or other, be traced back to biblical concepts, the original and foremost purpose of punishment in biblical law was the appeasement of God. God abhors the criminal ways of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
