Search results for: “corruption”
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Bribe
The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act. …
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Pur
A corruption of the French word par, by or for. It is frequently used in old French law phrases, as, pur autre vie. It is also used in the composition of words, as, purparty, purlieu, purview. …
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Treason
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Treason Meaning of Treason The act of levying war against the United States or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort . See United States federal constitution , article III, Section 3, […]
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Arusha Declaration
Arusha Declaration in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, arusha declaration is: adopted in July 1993 by the Customs Co-operation Council, now the World Customs Organization (WCO), to promote integrity in the delivery of customs services. The Declaration lists the following as key factors […]
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Dissolution
The act of putting an end to a legal relation . Thus the dissolution of a contract is the cancellation or abrogation of it by the parties themselves. The dissolution of a corporation means the termination of its existence as a body politic, either by an act of the legislature or by […]
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Guilt
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Guilt Meaning of Guilt In criminal law. That which renders criminal and liable to punishment. That disposition to violate the law which has manifested itself by some act already done. The opposite of […]
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Guilt
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Guilt Meaning of Guilt In criminal law. That which renders criminal and liable to punishment. That disposition to violate the law which has manifested itself by some act already done. The opposite of […]
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Conspiracy
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conspiracy Meaning of Conspiracy An agreement between two or more persons to do an act that is unlawful or a lawful act by unlawful means . An inchoate offense and the agreement need not be shown to […]
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Conspiracy
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conspiracy Meaning of Conspiracy An agreement between two or more persons to do an act that is unlawful or a lawful act by unlawful means . An inchoate offense and the agreement need not be shown to […]
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Obscenity
In criminal law. Such indecency as is calculated to promote the violation of the law and the general corruption of morals. It may consist in written or spoken words, conduct, pictures, or effigies. It need not be couched in obscene or vulgar terms if the idea conveyed tends to produce […]
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Accountability
RendiciÃÂón de cuentas…
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Abuse of discretion
Failure to exercise a sound reasonable discretion; arbitrary, untenable. The term is commonly used to justify an interference by a higher court with exercise of discretionary power by a lower court.
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Delict
In civil law. The act by which one person, by fraud or malignity, causes some damage or tort to some other. In its most enlarged sense, this term includes all kinds of crimes and misdemeanors, and even the injury which has been caused by another, either voluntary or accidentally, without […]
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Ley
Law.