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  • Cartel

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cartel Meaning of Cartel A written challenge openly displayed. A grouping of producers of raw materials or goods ; also an agreement between members of such group. […]

  • Toxicology

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Toxicology Meaning of Toxicology The science of poisons dealing with the identification and classification of poisons, their effect on the human body and their antidotes. <div […]

  • Trade

    Trade

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Trade Meaning of Trade The word has various shades of meaning but its primary one is that of commerce , the business of selling, with a view to profit , goods which the trader has either manufactured […]

  • Oligopoly

    Oligopoly

    A term used in economics describing situations where only a few sell a given product. See Northern Natural Gas. Co. v Fed. Power Comm., (D.C.App.) 399 F.2d 953. Also, the term is used in the context of statutes aimed at preventing monopolies, in the sense of a large corporation or several […]

  • Real Property

    Land, tenements and hereditaments and any interest or estate therein or right or easement affecting the same. It includes all buildings, or other things erected upon or affixed to the land. Also includes such permanent fixtures such as heavy machinery firmly fixed and not […]

  • Justice

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Justice Meaning of Justice The constant and perpetual disposition to render every man his due. Inst. bk. 1, tit. 1; 2 Inst. 56. The conformJUSTICE ity of our actions and our will to the law. TouUier, Dr. […]

  • Domicile

    The permanent home of a person , or that place where a man has his true fixed and permanent home and principal establishment and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning. The relation which the law creates between an individual and a particular […]

  • Severance

    The act of severing. partition . Division. In relation to joint tenancy , it is the destruction of the unities essential for the formation and continuance of joint tenancy .

  • Severance

    The act of severing. partition . Division. In relation to joint tenancy , it is the destruction of the unities essential for the formation and continuance of joint tenancy .

  • Actio mixta

    A mixed action. (1) An action with a view both to the recovery of a thing and to the enforcement of a penalty. (2) An action that is both real and personal, or rather that is entirely personal, but in one respect more or less similar to a real action ; e.g., familice erciscundce, which…

  • Actio mixta

    A mixed action. (1) An action with a view both to the recovery of a thing and to the enforcement of a penalty. (2) An action that is both real and personal, or rather that is entirely personal, but in one respect more or less similar to a real action ; e.g., familice erciscundce, which…

  • Warranty

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Warranty Meaning of Warranty An undertaking to indemnify or make good the party assured against some possible default or defect in the contemplation of the parties. The term is frequently used […]

  • Innuendo

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Innuendo Meaning of Innuendo Doing acts by hinting, by insinuation, by intimation. In actions for libel , the term denotes tha part of a pleading which explains the word; spoken or written and annexes […]

  • Innuendo

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Innuendo Meaning of Innuendo Doing acts by hinting, by insinuation, by intimation. In actions for libel , the term denotes tha part of a pleading which explains the word; spoken or written and annexes […]

  • Prosecution

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Prosecution Meaning of Prosecution The proceeding with, or following up of, any matter in hand. The proceeding with any suit or action at law. The institution and carrying on of a suit or proceeding to […]