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  • Navigable

    Watercourse or rivers or lakes which are used or are susceptible of being so used, in their ordinary condition , as highways for commerce , over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in customary modes of trade and travel on water . At common law , the term denotes waters […]

  • Occupational Distance

    Definition of Occupational Distance The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Occupational Distance: This is the distance between one occupation and another where occupations are ranked on a hierarchy of status. The concept is central to studies of social […]

  • Good Will

    The benefit which arises from the establishment of particular trades or occupations. The advantage or benefit which is acquired by an establishment, beyond the mere value of the capital, stocks, funds, or property employed therein, in consequence of the general public patronage and […]

  • Excise Tax

    Excise Tax

    A tax laid upon the manufacture, sale or consumption of commodities within the country, upon licenses to pursue certain occupations, and upon corporate privileges. A form of indirect tax imposed upon the acts of persons. Roberts v City of Baton Rouge, 108 So.2d 111, 236 La. 526. Has also […]

  • Whistleblower

    Delator de ilegalidades…