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Asylum
Commonly used to describe the protection given to someone who has left their own country as a political refugee. Legal dictionary
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Inalienable
Unable to be taken away or remove. 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. Questions & Answers
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العودة إلى الإمارات بفيزة زيارة للبحث عن عمل وسداد القرض
س: السلام عليكم، اضطررت للسفر خارج الإمارات قبل بداية الحظر وعلقت في الخارج. خلال تواجدي خارج الإمارات وبسبب الحظر المفروض على شركات الطيران ألغت شركتي إقامتي وأنا مدين لبنكي بقرض شخصي. وضع البنك بلاغ ضدي. في حال حاولت، هل أستطيع الحصول على فيزة زيارة لأبحث عن عمل وأسدد قرضي؟ وما التبعات التي تنتج في هذه الحالة؟ وما نصيحتكم؟ Legal dictionary
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Insolvency
The state or condition of being unable to pay money owed, by a person or a company, on time. Those in a state of insolvency are referred to as insolvent. Questions & Answers
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What does the expert report include in a property dispute?
Q: What does the expert report include in a property dispute with a developer from whom I purchased an off-plan villa? Legal dictionary
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Debenture
A medium to long term debt instrument used by large companies to borrow money, at a fixed rate of interest. It originally referred to a document that either creates a debt or acknowledges it, but in some countries the term is now used interchangeably with bond, loan stock or note. A debenture is like a certificate of loan evidencing the fact that the company is liable to pay a specified amount with interest, and although the money raised by the debentures becomes part of the company’s capital structure, it does not become share capital. Legal dictionary
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Patent
A set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor for a limited period of time (usually twenty years) in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention. Usually patents constitute four different classes: machine (a device or apparatus for the performance of a specific task); process; manufacture (any fabricated or manufactured product); or the composition of matter (a chemical mixture or compound). Questions & Answers
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Checking the criminal system in the UAE while being abroad
Q: I have left a signed checkbook in my office. I left Dubai in 2001. In 2016 I came to know that my manager misused the cheques and issued cheques in 2003, 2005, and 2006 amounting to around Aed 60000 in my absence. As I want to go back to Dubai, can you find out the details of my cases in the police and immigration computer and how to clear those cases as it is more than 15 years when the cheques were misused? Please help! Thanks and regards, Legal dictionary
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Break clause
A section or paragraph of a contract, usually between a landlord and a tenant, that allows a party to end the contract early. Legal dictionary
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Clawback
Is a special contractual clause typically used in employment contracts, whereby any money or other benefits given out can be returned due to circumstances specified in the contract. Legal dictionary
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Promissory
Containing or consisting of a promise by someone to do or not to do something. An exchange of promises can in law be held to be legally enforceable. Legal dictionary
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Lien
A legal claim against another person’s property which is held until a debt owed by that person is paid. They can be consensual (created by agreement) or non-consensual (created by statute or by operation of the law). Legal dictionary
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قانون مدني
القواعد والقوانين المنظمة العلاقات بين الأفراد في التعاقدات والاتفاقات والأمور الخاصة بالحياة المدنية؛ وهو فرع من فروع القانون الخاص الذي يضم القانون المدني، القانون التجاري، وقانون العمل. Legal dictionary
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De minimis
Latin for not enough to be considered. Legal dictionary
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