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  • Traceability

    Traceability in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the ability to trace, for example, meat sold in retail shops back to an abattoir and thence to the farm where the animal was raised. Traceability has become an important part of efforts to raise […]

  • Assessment

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Assessment Meaning of Assessment The act or process of fixing or ascertaining the value , measure or proportion or interest of any thing or person . In relation to corporations, the term may refer to […]

  • Marine Insurance

    Marine Insurance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Marine Insurance Meaning of Marine Insurance An insurance against marine losses, that is, the losses incident to marine adventure. An insurance against risks connected with navigation to which a ship, […]

  • Transfer Pricing

    The price one unit of a company charges to another unit of the same company for goods or services exchanged between the two….

  • Contract

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contract Meaning of Contract A deliberate engagement between competent parties upon a legal consideration to do or abstain from doing some act. It is essential to the creation of a contract that the […]

  • Medicine

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Medicine Meaning of Medicine The art of understanding diseases and curing or relieving them when possible. It is that branch of physic which relates to the healing of diseases. It is not restricted to any […]

  • Bankruptcy

    What does Bankruptcy mean in American Law? The definition of Bankruptcy in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: A legal proceeding, regulated in the U.S. by the federal Bankruptcy Act, in which an insolvent debtor, by […]

  • Joint Venture

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Joint Venture Meaning of Joint Venture An association of two or more persons to carry out a single business enterprise for profit for which purpose they combine their property and services. See […]

  • Venture Capital

    An investment in a start-up business that is perceived to have excellent growth prospects but does not have access to capital markets. Type of financing sought by early-stage companies seeking to grow rapidly….

  • Standard

    That which is of authority ; that which is accepted as correct or perfect . Conforming to established practise or usage . Also a flag used in war.

  • Consumer Protection

    Consumer Protection

    Consumer protection in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of consumer protection. Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Consumer Protection in Spanish Online translation of the […]

  • Agricultural Production Policy

    Hierarchical Display of Agricultural production policy Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries > Agricultural structures and productionAgriculture, Forestry And Fisheries > Agricultural policy > Common agricultural policyAgriculture, Forestry And Fisheries > Cultivation of agricultural […]

  • Actual

    Real; existing presently in act; as in actual possession as distinct from constructive possession. In legal phraseology the word excludes what is fictitious or supposed; having reference to something completed, or being in existence now. Actually is opposed to seemingly, pretendedly or […]

  • Actual

    Real; existing presently in act; as in actual possession as distinct from constructive possession. In legal phraseology the word excludes what is fictitious or supposed; having reference to something completed, or being in existence now. Actually is opposed to seemingly, pretendedly or […]

  • Ordinary

    Regular , usual , normal, common , often recurring, customary.