Search results for: “sanctions”
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Trade Embargo
Trade embargo in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, trade embargo is: a ban on trade with a specified country, usually imposed through a United Nations decision, but sometimes based on unilateral or regional action. The entries on trade policy are here. An example of a justification for a […]
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Helms-Burton Legislation
Helms-Burton legislation in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: The United States Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996. The entries on trade policy are here. Its stated aims are to seek international sanctions against […]
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Helms-Burton Legislation
Helms-Burton legislation in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: The United States Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996. The entries on trade policy are here. Its stated aims are to seek international sanctions against […]
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Agent Provocateur
A French term now part of English referring to a person who infiltrates a group on behalf of its enemy, especially the then government, and causes the group to take unlawful actions which expose its members to negative sanctions, either loss of public support or criminal punishment. An […]
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Agent Provocateur
A French term now part of English referring to a person who infiltrates a group on behalf of its enemy, especially the then government, and causes the group to take unlawful actions which expose its members to negative sanctions, either loss of public support or criminal punishment. An […]
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Enforce
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Enforce Meaning of Enforce To compel obedience to; to put in execution ; to cause to take effect , give force or effect to; to exact; to obtain authoritatively; to cause to be performed. <div […]
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Lawful
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Lawful Meaning of Lawful That which is warranted or authorized by law; not contrary or forbidden by law. Although there is a similarity between the words lawful and legal the principal distinction between […]
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Criminal
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Criminal Meaning of Criminal A person indicted for a crime and found guilty. An act is criminal when the quality of such act is such that it is prohibited under appropriate penal provisions by authority […]
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City Code
English Legal System: City Code On Takeovers And MergersIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of City Code On Takeovers And Mergers : A body of rules regulating those engaged in the conduct of *takeovers and *mergers of public companies. It […]
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Wharton’s Rule
A doctrine of criminal law enuciating an exception to the general principle that a conspiracy and substantial offense that is its immediate end are discrete crimes for which separate sanctions are imposed. Iannelli v U.S., 420 U.S. 770, 95 S. Ct. 1284, 43 L.Ed.2d616. The rule is that where a […]
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Unprofessional Conduct
That conduct which breaches rule or ethical code of profession or conduct which is unbecoming member in good standing of a profession. See Shea v Board of Medical Examiners, 146 Cal Reptr. 653, 81 C. A.3d 564. Within statutes, rules, etc., promulgating standards of professional conduct for […]
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Unprofessional Conduct
That conduct which breaches rule or ethical code of profession or conduct which is unbecoming member in good standing of a profession. See Shea v Board of Medical Examiners, 146 Cal Reptr. 653, 81 C. A.3d 564. Within statutes, rules, etc., promulgating standards of professional conduct for […]
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Overbroad
A statute is said to be overbroad when its language, given its normal meaning, is so broad that the sanctions prescribed by the statute apply to conduct which the State is not entitled to regulate. See Purcell v Superior Court in and for Maricopa County. 535 P.2d 1299, 111 Ariz. 582.