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حكم حضوري
قرار قضائي يصدر عن محكمة حال مواجهة وحضور المدعى عليه. Legal dictionary
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شهادة زور
شهادة شخص على أمر لم يحدث أمامه حتى وإن كان مطابقًا للواقع، بقصد إلحاق ضرر بشخصٍ آخر. Legal dictionary
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Inter alia
Latin for among other things. It is commonly used in circumstances where there may be a number of issues to consider, but where the focus is placed on one or more of those issues. Legal dictionary
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مخالفة
جرائم يعاقب عليها القانون بغرامة فقط ولا تتخطى المحاكم الابتدائية، ومن بينها مخالفات السرعة الزائدة أثناء القيادة، بناء مباني بدون ترخيص، وإلقاء القمامة في الشارع. Legal dictionary
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Subpoena
An order usually issued by a court in respect of a person, and requires his or her attendance at a particular time and place to testify as a witness. It may also require him/her to bring any books, documents or anything else which is under his/her control which he/she is bound by law to produce in evidence. Legal dictionary
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Malice aforethought
The conscious intent by a person to cause death or serious bodily harm to another person before that person commits the crime; a general evil and depraved state of mind in which the person is unconcerned for the lives of others. Legal dictionary
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تبديد ممتلكات
قيام شخص مؤتمن بتضييع أو إتلاف ما أؤتمن عليه سواء كان منقولات أو أموال أو عقارات. Legal dictionary
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Compromise agreement
An agreement made between an employer and an employee under which the employee receives consideration, usually in the form of a financial sum, in exchange for agreeing that he or she will have no further claims in any court or tribunal against the employer. Legal dictionary
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Anticipatory breach
Where a party to a contract repudiates his/her obligations under the contract before fully performing those obligations. This can occur either by words "I will not make any more payments" or actions "stopping making any more payments". As a result, the other party does not have to perform his/her obligations under the contract and cannot be liable for not doing so. Legal dictionary
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Takeover
An offer made by tender setting out a proposal by one company to purchase the shares of another company, in order to acquire control of it. Takeovers can be ‘friendly’ or ‘hostile’. A ‘friendly’ takeover is an acquisition that is approved by the management. Before a bidder makes an offer for another company, it usually first informs the company’s board of directors. If the board of directors considers that accepting the offer best serves the shareholders, it recommends that the offer be accepted. A ‘hostile’ takeover allows the bidder to take over a company whose management is unwilling to agree. The takeover becomes hostile the moment the board of directors rejects the offer but the bidder continues to pursue it. Legal dictionary
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Blasphemy
The act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God, to religious persons or things, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Legal dictionary
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Recital
The preliminary statement in a deed showing the reason for its existence and leading up to and explaining the operative part. Legal dictionary
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Product liability
An area of the law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries that those products cause. Usually, the injured party need not prove that manufacturer or supplier was negligent as the defect is associated with the product. Although the word ‘product’ has broad connotations, product liability as an area of the law is traditionally limited to products in the form of tangible personal property. Legal dictionary
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سب وقذف
إسناد واقعة أو تهمة لشخص على مرأى ومسمع من غيره تستوجب عقابه أو تؤذي سمعته أو شرفه. ويعاقب هذا الشخص بالحبس أو التغريم. Legal dictionary
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Undertaking
Frequently used in the special sense of a promise given in the course of court proceedings by a party or legal representative, generally as a means of securing some concession from the court or the opposing party, or between legal representatives on behalf of themselves to perform an agreed action as part of terms agreed on behalf of a party that they represent. Legal dictionary
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