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  • Disinfection

    Concept of Disinfection In relation to securing dangerous material (in case of crisis or terrorism) a meaning of disinfection may be outlined, in general regarding European law, as follows: The necessary process of destruction and killing of pathogenic and other kinds of microorganisms by […]

  • Commission

    An authority to do some act, such as the authority of an agent to enter into a contract or the authority of an officer to hold the office or title . An amount payable to an agent upon the agent performing the act contracted for. Usually expressed in terms of a percentage , but […]

  • Port Of Destination

    C.I.F. (Named Port of Destination) in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of C.I.F. (Named Port of Destination), produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: [Translation of Port of Destination in French: […]

  • Exchange

    A transfer of property for property or some value other than money . barter . Even where money changes hands, in addition to property, it would still be an exchange. A trade is an exchange. Also, the place where merchants, businessmen, brokers, agents, etc., voluntarily […]

  • Abatement

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Abatement Meaning of Abatement A reduction; decrease; as in abatement of pecuniary legacies; where the funds or assets out of which legacies are payable are not sufficient to pay all the legacies in full, […]

  • Angary

    Also angaria. The root idea is forced taking, particularly of service. Hence in feudal law, angaria was any annoying or vexatious personal service which had to be done by tenant or villein to his lord. In maritime law, the term described seizure or […]

  • Recaption

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Recaption Meaning of Recaption Literally it means retaking or taking back. It was a species of remedy at common law where a man deprived of his goods or wife, child or servant by reason of another […]

  • Recaption

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Recaption Meaning of Recaption Literally it means retaking or taking back. It was a species of remedy at common law where a man deprived of his goods or wife, child or servant by reason of another […]

  • Premises

    In strict technical sense, the term as applied to a deed means all the foreparts of the deed preceding the habendum and includes the date of the instrument , the parties to the same, the preliminary recitals , the consideration and the grant , release or other operative […]

  • Premises

    In strict technical sense, the term as applied to a deed means all the foreparts of the deed preceding the habendum and includes the date of the instrument , the parties to the same, the preliminary recitals , the consideration and the grant , release or other operative […]

  • Capital

    Hello Hello Legal Definition and Related Resources of Capital Meaning of Capital As an adjective, means chief , principal , or of pertaining to the death penalty , punishable with death. As a noun, in commercial parlance, means the fund or the […]

  • Danger

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Danger Meaning of Danger jeopardy ; exposure to loss or injury , peril . See U.S. v Mays, I Idaho 763. Synonyms of Danger noun […]

  • Organization For Trade Cooperation

    Organization for Trade Cooperation in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, organization for trade cooperation is: proposed in 1955 through a GATT working party report as a permanent mechanism for administering the GATT. The entries on trade policy are here. Its mandate would have been a […]

  • Intervention

    Intervention

    (Lat. intervenio, to come between or among). In Civil Law. The act by which a third party becomes a party in a suit pending between other persons. The intervention is made either to be joined to the plaintiff, and to claim the same thing he does, or some other thing connected with it; or […]

  • Aggressor

    He who begins a quarrel or dispute, either by threatening or striking another. No man may strike another because he has been threatened, or in consequence of the use of any words. …