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  • 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. […]

  • Conventional Crime

    Definition of Conventional Crime The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Conventional Crime: Those traditional, illegal behaviours that most people think of as crime. Most crime is conventional crime. Non-conventional crime, may be organized crime, […]

  • Conventional Crime

    Definition of Conventional Crime The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Conventional Crime: Those traditional, illegal behaviours that most people think of as crime. Most crime is conventional crime. Non-conventional crime, may be organized crime, […]

  • Occupational Crime

    Definition of Occupational Crime The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Occupational Crime: White-collar crime committed by an individual or group of individuals exclusively for personal gain. The distinction between this crime and organizational crime […]

  • Organizational Crime

    Definition of Organizational Crime The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Organizational Crime: White-collar crime committed with the support and encouragement of a formal organization and intended at least in part to advance the goals of that […]

  • Perjury

    While statutory definitions of the term may vary slightly, generally, it is the wilful and corrupt false swearing or affirming, after an oath lawfully administered in the course of a judicial or quasi -judicial proceeding , as to some matter material to the issue or point in […]

  • Obstruction Of Justice

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Bribery; Counsel: Role of Counsel; Perjury.Related Case LawUnited States v. Aguilar, 515 U.S. 593 (1995). United States v. Brenson, 104 F.3d 1267 (11th Cir. 1997…

  • Police

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Police Meaning of Police That function of the government which relates to the detection and arrest of offenders, the preservation of the public peace , the enforcement of the laws. Also, the constabulary […]

  • Child Labor

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Child Labor in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term child labor into Spanish: trabajo infantil (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus

  • Enhancement

    Financial Definition of Enhancement Meaning of Enhancement An innovation that has a positive impact on one or more of a firm’s existing products. Related Entries of Enhancement in the Encyclopedia of Law […]

  • Business

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Business Meaning of Business Anything which occupies the time and attention and labor of men for the purpose of profit . The manner in which individuals make or earn a living. See Iowa-Illinois Gas & […]