Search results for: “anti corruption”
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Innocence
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Innocence Meaning of Innocence The absence of guilt (g. v.). Translate Presumption of Innocence from English to Spanish Translation of Presumption of Innocence , with examples. More about free […]
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Perversion
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Perversion Meaning of Perversion Synonyms of Perversion noun abasement aberrance aberrancy aberration abnormality abomination abuse baseness […]
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Deterioration
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Deterioration Meaning of Deterioration Synonyms of Deterioration noun abasement abrasion atrophy caducity consumption corrosion corruption debasement […]
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Retain
To hold or keep that which one already has, not to lose, part with or dismiss it. To detain . To engage an attorney .
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Blood
Kindred, ancestor .
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Dishonesty
nounbad faith cheating chicane chicanery corruption corruptness cozenage deceit deceitfulness deception deviation from probity dishonor disingenuousness disposition to de…
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Seduction
Wrongfully inducing a woman to consent to sexual intercourse; persuading a female by flattery , deception, or artifice to surrender her chastity. See Herschy v Coodley, 116 CaI.App.2d 102, 253 P.2d93. Occasionally the term is used with reference to a woman enticing a man to commit […]
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Contra Bonos Mores
Against sound morals. Contracts which are incentive to crime, or of which the consideration is an obligation or engagement improperly prejudicial to the feelings of a third party, offensive to decency or morality, or which have a tendency to mischievous or pernicious consequences, are […]
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Borsholder
A corruption of borhesalder, another form of borhealder. Spelman. In Saxon Law. The borough’s ealder, or head borough, supposed to be the most discreet man in the borough, town, or tithing. 1 Bl. Comm. 114, 355. …
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Whistleblower
Delator de ilegalidades…
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Misusage
nounabuse bad treatment corruption debasement defilement degradation desecration distortion diversion exploitation force ill treatment ill usage improper usage im…
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Knavery
nounartfulness artifice beguilement cheat cheating chicanery circumvention corruption cozenage craft craftiness criminality cunning cunningness deceit dec…
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Inherit
Technically, to take as an heir at law solely by descent rather than by devise . However, more commonly applies to taking either by devise or descent from one’s ancestor . See McArthur v Scott, 113 U.S. 340, 5 S. Ct. 652, 28 L.Ed. 1015.
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Improbity
nounartfulness breach of trust corruption craftiness crookedness deceit deceitfulness deviousness dishonesty disingenuity disingenuousness duplicity falsehood falseness</…
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Graft
The corrupt practice of improperly acquiring money or money’s value by persons holding public office or in the employ of any government .