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  • Corporate Crime

    Corporate crime in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of corporate crime.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading corporate crime in […]

  • White-collar Crime

    Definition of White-collar Crime The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of White-collar Crime: As originally used by Edwin Sutherland in 1945, referred to the illegal activities of businesses and corporations committed to further the goals of the business. […]

  • Left Realism

    Definition of Left Realism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Left Realism: A criminological perspective emerging in Britain in response to the rise of neo-conservatism. The right-wing politics of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made it clear that […]

  • Left Realism

    Definition of Left Realism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Left Realism: A criminological perspective emerging in Britain in response to the rise of neo-conservatism. The right-wing politics of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made it clear that […]

  • Merger

    Merger

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Merger Meaning of Merger In relation to corporations, the term denotes the amalgamation of two corporations to form a new one. The absorption of one corporation by another, which retains its name and […]

  • Capacity

    The meaning of this word depends on the assent to any contract. See Smith v Thornhill (Texas) 25 S. W.2d 597; Ashley v Holman, 15 S. C. 97.

  • Legal

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Legal Meaning of Legal lawful ; according to common law as distinguished from equity ; conforming to law; permitted or not forbidden by law. Synonyms of Legal […]

  • Embezzlement

    The fraudulent appropriation to one’s own use or benefit of property or money entrusted by another. Although it is one form of larceny , the crime of embezzlement as such is unknown to common law but is a creature of statutes. while larceny is an offense that may take […]

  • Compound

    Mix or prepare as to prepare a prescription for use or particular different articles specified in prescriptions as to be fit for patients; to combine, unite, to form or make up as a composite product by combining different elements, ingredients or parts.

  • Constitute

    (Compose), verbbe a feature be inherent be part of belong belong intrinsically classify as componere comprise consist of contain create ejficere embody embrace en…