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...BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY 794 (8th ed. 2004). . (152.) 28 U.S.C. [section] 1...
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A testator means someone who makes or has made a Will, or one who dies leaving a Will. Black's Law Dictionary 1323 (5th ed. 1979) Please see specific state for details and/or differences.
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Whether they know it or not, most everyone knows Bryan Garner's work. He is after all the editor of Blacks Law Dictionary (since 1995) and the author of numerous books and articles on legal writing. He's prolific. He's the guru of legal writing," according to David Voisinet, Appellate Division, Fourth Department law library director.
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What you don't know can kill you. Those who fail to learn from the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them." If Plasdco Burress fails to learn from the lessons of Michael Vick, they will come back to haunt him. No Black person who walks through the "valley of death," without a rod or staff for comfort, stands a good chance of surviving the trek. Black's Law Dictionary is the "Bible" of American jurisprudence. If a word is not in Black's Law Dictionary, it is not a legal term. "Animal rights" is not mentioned in this dictionary and for good reason. In order for an entity to enjoy rights, it must also be able to undertake responsibilities. The term "animal rights" is not even a legal fiction. The 13th Amendment was penned to only apply to descendants of enslaved Africans. It is re...
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The Obama administration announced yesterday that it will not defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This is the next step of President Obama's strategy to force the radical homosexual agenda on America against the will of the people and Congress. At issue is Section 3 of DOMA, which stipulates that any mention of "marriage" in federal law should be interpreted to refer only to "a legal union between one man and one woman." No legal provision could be more basic. As the administration itself noted in a Jan. 20 brief in a different DOMA case, this definition of marriage "is derived from that of 'the standard law dictionary,' which itself was derived from historical definitions in state case law.
