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  • Preferential Trade Arrangements

    Preferential trade arrangements in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: these are trade arrangements under which a party agrees, either unilaterally or as a result of negotiations, to accord one or more other parties preferential treatment in trade […]

  • Arrentatio

    Concept of “Arrentatio” Traditional meaning of arrentatio in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A renting; arrentation, licensing an owner of lands in a forest to enclose them with a low hedge and small ditch, […]

  • Contra Proferentem

    “Contra Proferentem” in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of “Contra Proferentem”, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: “against the stipulator”. (A contract is interpreted […]

  • Inferential Statistics

    Definition of Inferential Statistics The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Inferential Statistics: Statistical tools or techniques used to draw inference about a population on the basis of research evidence from a sample. For example, estimating the […]

  • Low-profile

    Grammar This term is an adjetive. Etimology of Low-profile (You may find low-profile at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1957, in reference to automobile wheels, from low (adj.) + profile; this term is also a noun.. General sense is by 1970 in American English, […]

  • Differential Association

    Definition of Differential Association The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Differential Association: Developed by Edwin Sutherland in the 1930’s, this was a radical explanation for criminal behaviour since it argues that crime, like any social […]

  • Electrical Current

    Concept of Electrical Current in the context of Real Property A short definition of Electrical Current: Any flow of electricity.

  • Lone-parent Family

    Definition of Lone-parent Family The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Lone-parent Family: Used by Statistics Canada to refer to single-parent families. Lone-parent Family: Resources Notes and References Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept […]

  • Lower-class Culture

    Definition of Lower-class Culture The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Lower-class Culture: It has been argued by some that the lower class have developed and transmit to their children, a different set of cultural values and expectations. They argue […]

  • Belligerent

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Belligerent Meaning of Belligerent ActuaUy at war. Applied to nations. Wheat. Int. Law, 380 et seq.; 1 Kent, Comm. 89. The subject of a hostile power. Browse You might be interested in these […]

  • Ground Rent

    Rent paid for the privilege of building on another’s land. It is an interest in land distinct and separate from the land out of which it issues. See Pronzato v Guer rina, 163 A.2d297, 400 Pa. 521. Also a grant of land to grantee and his heirs and assigns on an annual rent. See Franciscus…

  • Belligerent Communities

    Recognition of Recognition of Belligerent CommunitiesIn the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Belligerent Communities, Recognition of Recognition of Belligerent Communities : The formal acknowledgment by a state of the existence of a […]

  • Fair Rent

    English Legal System: Fair RentIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Fair Rent : ent fixed by a rent officer or rent assessment committee for the holder of a protected or statutory tenancy (*protected tenancy; *statutory tenancy). The […]

  • Foster Parent

    State-licensed adult who is paid or volunteers to take care of children, but is not related by blood, marriage or adoption….

  • Concurrent Planning

    A process used in foster care case management by which child welfare staff work toward family reunification and, at the same time, develop an alternative permanency plan for the child (such as permanent placement with a relative or adoption) should family reunification efforts fail. Concurrent […]