Author: Rithy Kim

  • Bereavement Benefit

    English Legal System: Bereavement BenefitIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Bereavement Benefit : A benefit payable to widows and widowers, under the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, subject to certain conditions. It consists of a […]

  • Adoption Contact Register

    English Legal System: Adoption Contact RegisterIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Adoption Contact Register : A register, maintained by the Registrar General. containing the names and addresses of all adopted persons who are over the […]

  • Break Clause

    English Legal System: Break ClauseIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Break Clause : A clause often contained in *fixed-term tenancy agreements that provides for an option to terminate the tenancy at a particular time or when a […]

  • Community Land

    ResourcesSee AlsoSee development land.

  • Absent-Mindedness

    English Legal System: Absent-MindednessIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Absent-Mindedness : See automatism.

  • Deed of Arrangement

    English Legal System: Deed of ArrangementIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Deed of Arrangement : A written agreement between a debtor and his creditors, when no *bankruptcy order has been made, arranging the debtor’s affairs […]

  • Benevolent Purposes

    English Legal System: Benevolent PurposesIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Benevolent Purposes : Purposes that are for the public good but not necessarily charitable. They are wider than *philanthropic purposes. See charitable trust.

  • Crown Court Rules

    English Legal System: Crown Court RulesIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Crown Court Rules : Rules regulating the practice and procedure of the *Crown Court. The rules are made by the Crown Court Rule Committee under a power conferred […]

  • Authorized Securities

    ResourcesSee AlsoSee authorized investments.

  • Eurotort

    Meaning of EurotortIn the context of Europe, and according to A Dictionary of Law, the following is a definition of Eurotort : A directly effective rule of European Community law (See Community legislation), breach of which gives the person injured a remedy in British courts in the form of an […]

  • Care Proceedings

    ResourcesSee AlsoSee care order.

  • Export Bans

    Meaning of Export BansIn the context of Europe, and according to A Dictionary of Law, the following is a definition of Export Bans : Anticompetitive practices (*anticompetitive practices) that have the effect of banning the resale of products from one EU territory in another state of the EU. […]

  • Beddoe Order

    English Legal System: Beddoe OrderIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Beddoe Order : (from the case re Beddoe (1892)) An order made by the court granting trustees permission to bring or defend an action. The order protects the trustees […]

  • Disability Living Allowance

    English Legal System: Disability Living AllowanceIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Disability Living Allowance : A tax-free benefit payable to those under 65 who have had a disability requiring help for at least three months and are […]

  • Four Unities

    ResourcesSee AlsoSee joint tenancy.