TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 2 P35

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 2 P35 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 328 CHAIN REFERRAL conveyances. This history appears on public record so that title to land can be checked. CHAIN REFERRAL A type of sales plan that convinces individuals to make purchases based upon the promise that their payment will be reduced for each new purchaser they recommend to the seller. Referral sales in general are under close scrutiny by consumer protection laws and are illegal in many states due to their fraudulent and misleading nature. A chain referral is a type of pyramid sales scheme whereby an innocent consumer is lulled into investing money based on the promise that he will eventually make money which is usually highly unlikely if not impossible. CROSS REFERENCE Ponzi Scheme. CHAMBERS A judge s private room or office wherein he or she hears motions signs papers and performs other tasks pertaining to his or her office when a session of the court such as a trial is not being held. Business transacted in a private setting is said to be done in chambers. CHAMIZAL TRACT A description of the 1895 title dispute between the United States and Mexico that arose over a tract of land in El Paso Texas known as El Chamizal. The Boundary commission was unable to agree on a boundary line and a convention was signed by the two governments on June 24 1910 establishing another commission to decide the issue. Because the new commission departed from the terms of submission and because of disturbed conditions in Mexico no further action was taken until the conclusion of a treaty in 1963 that divided the disputed territory between the two countries. CHAMPERTY AND MAINTENANCE Champerty is the process whereby one person bargains with a party to a lawsuit to obtain a share in the proceeds of the suit. Maintenance is the support or promotion of another person s suit initiated by intermeddling for personal gain. Both champerty and maintenance have been illegal for two basic public policy reasons since early common law 1 It is considered desirable to curb excess .

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