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  • Consortium

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Consortium Meaning of Consortium A term generally used in matrimonial law denoting companionship, love, affection, comfort , mutual services, sexual intercourse – all belonging to the married state – […]

  • 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 […]

  • Economic Concentration

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Economic Concentration in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term economic concentration into Spanish: CONCENTRACION ECONOMICA (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal […]

  • Monopoly

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Monopoly Meaning of Monopoly An exclusive right , granted to few, of something which was before of common right. Charles river Bridge v warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 420, 9 L.Ed. 773. In a large sense, the term […]

  • Insurance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Insurance Meaning of Insurance Insurance is a contract of indemnity whereby for a stipulated consideration one party , called the insurer, undertakes to indemnify the other , called the insured, against […]

  • Joint Venture

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Joint Venture Meaning of Joint Venture An association of two or more persons to carry out a single business enterprise for profit for which purpose they combine their property and services. See […]

  • Commercial Law

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Commercial Law Meaning of Commercial Law Term which describes the law governing rights of those engaged in commerce and trade . The meaning of the term varies with its context. See Brooklyn City & Newton […]

  • Competition Law

    English Legal System: Competition LawIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Competition Law : The branch of law concerned with the regulation of *anticompetitive practices, *restrictive trade practices, and abuses of a dominant position […]

  • Trade

    Trade

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Trade Meaning of Trade The word has various shades of meaning but its primary one is that of commerce , the business of selling, with a view to profit , goods which the trader has either manufactured […]

  • Multinational Enterprise

    Multinational Enterprise

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Multinational Enterprise in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term multinational enterprise into Spanish: empresa multinacional (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal […]

  • Conglomerate

    A company that controls a group of other companies engaged in unrelated businesses. A combination in which constituent companies are not in the relationship of competitors or of buyer and seller.

  • Financial Institution

    Financial Institution

    Financial Institution Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary) The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Financial Institution in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Organization engaged in any of the many aspects of finance […]

  • Management

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Management Meaning of Management control , superintendence , government . A person or body of persons who have the control of the business of a corporation or who are in charge of the business of the […]

  • Management

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Management Meaning of Management control , superintendence , government . A person or body of persons who have the control of the business of a corporation or who are in charge of the business of the […]

  • Conveyance

    A mode by which property is conveyed or voluntarily transferred from one person to another by means of a written instrument and other formalities. It also signifies the instrument itself. Includes every instrument which transfers an interest in or creates a charge of lands. A […]