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The required documents and procedure to transfer late father's property
Q: Hi, My father, who is an Egyptian Moslem and never was a resident of the UAE, has 4 properties in unfinished developments in Dubai who he was paying instalments on. We (the heirs - myself, my two sisters, and my mother) would like to transfer the properties in our names so we can continue to pay the instalments. I understand we need to file a case at the Personal Status Court to obtain a court order and give it to the Dubai Land Department to update their records based on the Dubai Court Order. I have the following documents: - Father`s death certificate attested by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and UAE embassy in Cairo. - Inheritance certificate stating that we are the legal heirs attested from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and UAE consulate. - General PoA from my sisters and mom to myself attested from Egyptian Foreign Ministry and UAE consulate. - Passport copies of all of us including my dad. - Contracts for properties from developer. Do I need anything else? Questions & Answers
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Job offer and a request to pay visa charges first: Is it genuine or fake?
Q: I got a call for an interview and I have attended it in one free zone located in Sharjah. After 2 days, I got a message from the company that I need to pay for the first two-year visa but later they will renew, and it was AED 7000. I replied to them that I can`t afford that amount at this time, then they agreed that I pay AED 2000 first later they will deduct from my salary. I don`t know what to do and how I should proceed. Is it genuine or fake? I am confused and also it is located in the free zone. Can anyone help me with how to proceed? Questions & Answers
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How to get a background verification of a business registered in Dubai, UAE?
Q: There are few things I want to find out: 1. How to get background verification, legal check of any open/ongoing cases and financial liability check on a person and a business registered in Dubai, UAE? 2. If I have to enter into a new partnership on an existing trade license, do I become liable for any old existing liability/case on the older trade license? 3. Where can I find all the rules that I have to follow as a business owner and employer towards staff like mechanics, etc.? Legal dictionary
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Illegal
A violation of a statute, regulation or ordinance, which may be criminal or merely not in conformity; that which lacks authority of or support from the law. Legal dictionary
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Contract
A legal document, usually in writing, giving details of a formal legally binding agreement, between two or more different people or groups. To be legally binding it must contain certain elements: it must contain an offer made by one party and accepted in its entirety by the other, it must include some form of consideration whether it be money, goods or services, and it must be properly signed by all parties to it, and dated. Legal dictionary
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A fortiori
Used either to express the view that something that is true for one case is even more true in another case, or that if one thing is true then the second thing must also be true. Legal dictionary
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Acquittal
A formal declaration in court that a person is not guilty of a crime they were accused of. This also applies where the prosecution is abandoned. Legal dictionary
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Abolish
Refers to the ending of a system, practice or institution forever. Legal dictionary
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Judgment
A decision of a court regarding the rights and liabilities of the parties to legal proceedings. Judgments generally provide the court’s explanation as to why it has chosen to make a particular decision. Legal dictionary
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Travel ban
An order issued by the authorities to all the state ports to prohibit a person from entering or leaving a country according to a court or police order for the protection of individual interests in cases like child custody, debt failure, or criminal investigation. Travel ban prohibits the banned person from leaving the country and gets him/her arrested while entering if the reason(s) for prohibition did not cease to exist. Legal dictionary
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Memorandum of association
Is a document that governs the relationship between the company and the outside. It is basically a statement that the subscribers wish to form a company, have agreed to become members, and in the case of a company which is to have a share capital, to take at least one share each. Legal dictionary
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Obligation
The term that describes a duty that is enforced by a court and where non-fulfilment may incur a penalty. Legal dictionary
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Judgment debtor
A person against whom a judgment ordering him/her to pay a sum of money has been obtained and remains unsatisfied. Legal dictionary
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ضمان
ضم ذمة المضمون إلى ذمة الضامن في ردِّ حق وجب عليه رده. Legal dictionary
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Alibi
A defence to a criminal prosecution where the party accused, in order to prove that he/she could not have committed the crime with which he/she is charged, offers evidence to show that he/she was in another place at the time. Legal dictionary
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