Also known as: favors · favored · favoring · favour
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A preference or advantage granted or shown to a particular person or interest in a legal instrument, proceeding, or transaction.
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Fernando Farrell faces trial on robbery charges. He asks the court to issue subpoenas compelling two alibi witnesses to appear and testify on his behalf. The court grants the requests, allowing the witnesses to support his defense at trial.
Ferrum Metals holds a shareholder meeting to consider a proposed merger. After a quorum is confirmed, the votes cast by shareholders supporting the merger exceed those opposing it. The merger is approved under the corporation's voting rules.
Fumiko Fujimoto conveys land to her nephew but reserves a right of reentry if the nephew ever uses the property for commercial purposes. The conveyance creates an estate that terminates in favor of Fujimoto upon the stated event.
Fusion Power, a forum-state company, enters a multi-year supply contract with an out-of-state manufacturer. The agreement includes a choice-of-law clause selecting forum law and contemplates ongoing performance inside the state. A court finds personal jurisdiction proper over the manufacturer.
Frank Fisher leaves a will devising property to his descendants without specifying distribution shares. When the interest vests, the living descendants receive the property in the proportions they would have taken had Fisher died intestate owning the assets.
Fairfield Bank owns a single parcel surrounded by residential zoning. It petitions the city council to rezone the lot for commercial use. The council denies the request, finding that the change would constitute an invalid favor to one owner without advancing public welfare.
The Sixth Amendment grants the accused the right to compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. This ensures a defendant can compel testimony that supports his defense at trial.
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Under the Model Business Corporation Act, once a quorum exists, action is approved if votes cast favoring the matter exceed those opposing it, unless the articles require a higher threshold.
…103 N. H. 426, 438, 174 A. 2d 825, 833 (1961), cert. denied, 369 U. S. 830. The consensus of scholarly opinion apparently favors the rule that is here adopted. E. g., 1 Harper and James, Torts, § 5.26, at 449-450 (1956); Noel, Defamation of Public Officers and Candidates, 49 Col. L. Rev. 875, 891-895, 897, 903…
…are deceased, filed these suits in the respective federal districts in their home states. Each district court ruled in their favor. The Sixth Circuit consolidated the cases and reversed the judgments. Held: The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to…
…confidently, but I think now erroneously, repeated the same doctrine. But, notwithstanding the great names which may be cited in favor of the doctrine, and notwithstanding the frequency with which the doctrine has been reiterated, there stands, as a perpetual protest against its repetition, the Constitution of the United…
…. . [a] suggestion, that the affirmance of certain rights might disparage others, or might lead to argumentative implications in favor of other powers, it might be sufficient to say that such a course of reasoning could never be sustained upon any solid basis . . . . But a conclusive answer is, that such an attempt may be…
…See Weinberger v. Salfi , 422 U. S. 749 (1975). But so long as favorable administrative action is still possible, the policies
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An estate may be created so that it ends upon a certain event and shifts to a third party other than the conveyor. This structure creates a defeasible interest subject to divestment in favor of the designated person.
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A contractual provision selecting forum law, combined with a long-term relationship contemplating performance inside the state, supports a finding that the defendant purposefully availed itself of the forum and that jurisdiction is fair.
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When a class gift to descendants does not specify shares, the property passes to living class members in the proportions they would receive under intestacy rules if the designated ancestor had died owning the assets.
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A rezoning that singles out one parcel for a use inconsistent with surrounding zoning may be invalid if it lacks a substantial relation to public health, safety, or welfare and primarily benefits a particular owner without a legitimate public purpose.
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