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Embezzlement , The fraudulent conversion of another's property by a person who is in a position of trust, such as an agent or employee.
Embezzlement is distinguishe… Partition , Any division of real property orpersonal propertybetween co-owners, resulting in individual ownership of the interests of each.
The co-ownership of r… Escheat , Escheat
The power of a state to acquire title to property for which there is no owner.
The most common reason that an escheat takes place is that an… Property , Definitions of what constitutes property, as well as attitudes toward the ownership of property, vary with different cultures and different historica… Garnishment , GARNISHMENT
A legal procedure by which a creditor can collect what a debtor owes by reaching the debtor's property when it is in the hands of someone… Reversion , re·ver·sion / riˈvərzhən/ • n. 1. a return to a previous state, practice, or belief: there was some reversion to polytheism | [in sing.] a reversion…
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