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Domicile
Is the established, fixed, permanent or ordinary place of residence of a person, as distinguished from his or her temporary and transient though actual place of residence. Legal dictionary
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Double jeopardy
A procedural defence that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same (or similar) charges following a legitimate acquittal or conviction. Legal dictionary
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Double taxation treaty
An agreement between two countries to prevent taxpayers being liable for tax on the same money under both tax systems. Legal dictionary
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Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC)
Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) is an autonomous, permanent, non-profit institution offering arbitration services and facilities on an international scale. DIAC was created in 1994 as the "Centre for Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration". Legal dictionary
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Due diligence
Is the investigation of a business or person prior to signing a contract. A common example of due diligence in various industries is the process through which a potential buyer evaluates a target company or its assets for an acquisition. Legal dictionary
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Duty of care
A legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts (or failing to perform an act) which results in harm to others which was reasonably foreseeable. Legal dictionary
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Easement
A non-possessory right to use and/or enter onto the property of another without possessing it. They include a right of way (a path or road over private land which people are legally allowed to use), a right to light or a right to a flow of water. The land against which the easement or privilege exists is called the servient tenement, and the land to which it is annexed is the dominant tenement, and their owners are called respectively the servient and dominant owners. Legal dictionary
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Embezzlement
The act of dishonestly withholding assets for the purpose of stealing them, by one or more persons to whom the assets were entrusted, either to be held or to be used for specific purposes. It is a type of financial fraud and is usually a premeditated crime performed methodically, with the embezzler taking precautions to conceal his or her activities, because it is occurring without the knowledge or consent of the affected person. Legal dictionary
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Enactment
The passing of a law by a law-making body, such as a parliament. The term may refer to the whole or part of a piece of legislation or the whole or part of an instrument made under a piece of legislation. Legal dictionary
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Enforceable
Refers to the terms of a contract or a judgment or a rule of law which it is possible, where necessary, to make people obey. Legal dictionary
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Entrapment
The practice whereby a law enforcement officer induces a person to commit a criminal offence that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit. It is a defence to criminal charges when it is established that the law enforcement officer originated the idea of the crime and induced the accused to engage in it. If the crime was promoted by a private person who has no connection with government law enforcement agencies, it is not entrapment. Legal dictionary
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Equitable
Based on fairness and not legal technicalities; refers to positive remedies (orders to do something, not money damages) employed by the courts to solve disputes or give relief. Legal dictionary
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Escalation clause
A provision that usually appears in a contract or lease, which provides for an increase in the money to be paid under certain conditions. They frequently appear in business contracts to raise prices if an individual providing a particular service or product is forced to pay more for labour or materials. Legal dictionary
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Escrow account
An arrangement with a bank in which money is deposited with the bank by one party and paid to another party if the condition of the arrangement is met, or if the condition is not met, the money is returned to the person who originally deposited the money with the bank. Legal dictionary
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Established use
Describes a situation where a piece of land has been used for a specific purpose for a long time, and as a result an authority recognises that it should now only be used for that purpose. Legal dictionary
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