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  • Jurisdiction

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jurisdiction Meaning of Jurisdiction The extent of legal authority and power . A term of large and comprehensive import , it generally denotes the lawful authority of a body to exercise power. The term […]

  • Welfare

    nounadvantage affluence benefit commodis consulere fortune good haleness happiness health hominis interest luck prosperity prosperousness soundness succes…

  • Sole Proprietorship

    Sole Proprietorship

    A business owned by a single individual. The sole proprietorship pays no corporate income tax but has unlimited liability for business debts and obligations….

  • Partnership

    Partnership

    The relation subsisting between two or more persons who have contracted together to share as common owners the profits of a business carried on by all or any of them on behalf of all of them, Shumaker, Partnership, 2. Elements : The essential elements of a partnership are (1) a contract […]

  • Building

    Anything erected by art, and fixed upon or in the soil, composed of different pieces connected together and designed for stand more or less permanently, enclosing a space within its walls, and usually, but not necessarily, covered with a roof.

  • Nafta

    Nafta

    Definition of Nafta The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Nafta: North American Free Trade Agreement. See: FREE TRADE in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law. Nafta: Resources Notes and References Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. […]

  • OECD Countries

    OECD Countries

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: OECD countries in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term oecd countries into Spanish: países de la OCDE (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus OECD […]

  • Investment

    Investment

    Legal Definition of Investment Meaning of Investment The use of money for the purpose of making more money, to gain income, increase capital, or both. Synonyms of Investment noun […]

  • Government

    Government

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Government Meaning of Government The governing body of a community , a state , United States , territory, district , municipality , a commonwealth . See 11 U.S.C. §101(21). <div […]

  • Apartheid

    Apartheid

    What does Apartheid mean in American Law? The definition of Apartheid in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: An Afrikaans (i.e., South African Dutch) word meaning “apartness,” denominating the South African […]

  • Branch

    Branch

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Branch Meaning of Branch A local or subordinate office or place of business of an organization. Also, a small stream or creek. descendants . Includes a separately incorporated foreign branch of a bank. […]

  • Employer

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Employer Meaning of Employer Any person acting (in the interest ) as an agent of an employer, directly or indirectly, but shall not include the United States or any wholly owned government corporation , […]

  • Djibouti

    Djibouti

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Djibouti in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term djibouti into Spanish: Djibouti (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus

  • 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 […]

  • Town

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Town Meaning of Town In its popular sense, the term indicates a thickly settled area, regardless of its legal boundaries or the form of municipal government . As a generic term, includes all f.r.s. of […]