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An order usually made by a court restricting information or comment from being made public, or in some cases, passed onto any unauthorised third party. They may be used to protect legitimate trade secrets of a company, or the privacy of victims or minors. They may also limit the freedom of the press by censorship or restricting access to information.

زواج مدني

عقد ثنائي بين رجل وامرأة بالغين عاقلين، بإيجاب وقبول كليهما على إنشاء رابطة الزوجية وتبادل الرعاية على الوجه المحدد في القانون، ويقوم على تسجيله وتنفيذه موظف حكومي.

Real estate

Land, including the resources in and on it, such as crops, minerals and water, and the buildings and permanent fixtures attached to it.

Public limited company

A company that trades on the stock market, has a minimum share capital of £50,000 and is governed by a strict set of rules. They are required to publish a true financial position so investors can determine the exact worth of any shares that they hold in the company. They carry the letters PLC after their name.

Unlawful

When applied to promises, agreements or contracts, the term denotes that such agreements have no legal effect. The law disapproves of such conduct because it is immoral or contrary to public policy. Unlawful does not necessarily imply criminality, although the term is sufficiently broad to include it.

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Conspiracy

A secret agreement between two or more persons made for the purpose of committing, by their joint efforts, some unlawful or criminal act, or some act which is in itself innocent, but which becomes unlawful when done by the concerted action of the conspirators, or for the purpose of using unlawful or criminal means to the commission of an act not in itself unlawful.

Balance of probabilities

Evidence which is more convincing than evidence that is offered in opposition to it; standard of proof in civil cases requiring that one side’s case must be more likely than not when deciding on liability.

واجب النفاذ

قرار قضائي ملزم للأطراف المتنازعة ويتم تنفيذه ولو بالقوة الجبرية، ويصبح القرار نافذًا إذا انقضى ميعاد المعارضة أو الاستئناف دون رفعهما، أو بالحكم فيهما إذا رُفعا.

Punitive damages

Punitive damages, also known as exemplary damages, may be awarded by a judge in addition to actual damages, which compensate the claimant for the losses suffered due to the harm caused by the defendant. Punitive damages are a way of punishing the defendant in a civil case and are based on the theory that the interests of society and the individual harmed can be met by imposing additional damages on the wrongdoer.

Unconscionable

A doctrine in contract law that describes terms that are so extremely unjust, or overwhelmingly one-sided in favour of the party that has the superior bargaining position, that they are contrary to good conscience. Such terms would usually make the contract unenforceable because no reasonable or informed person would otherwise agree to them.

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الحقوق العمالية بعد العمل لمدة 5 سنوات ثم الاستقالة

س: عملت في شركة خاصة من تاريخ 25/05/2016 ولغاية 05/02/2021 ثم استقلت. ما حقوقي العمالية؟ علمًا بأني لم آخذ زيادة سنوية ولم أشترك في الضمان ولم آخذ الإجازات الرسمية وغيرها.

إخلاء المأجور في حالة سجن المستأجر

س: عندي مستأجر أُودِع السجن منذ شهور ولا نعرف متى الإفراج عنه أو مدة الحكم. توقف عن دفع الإيجار. زوجته تقيم عند أهلها منذ دخول زوجها السجن والشقة مغلقة. كيف لي أن أطلب إخلاء المأجور أو إرسال إنذار عدلي للمستأجر لدفع الإيجار؟

إمكانية بيع بيت المدين المُخصص لسكن العائلة

س: هل يجوز بيع بيت المدين المُخصّص لسكن العائلة ولا يوجد غيره مع العلم أن الدين لا علاقة له بالبيت ولكن تم الحجز عليه من قبل الدائن لإجراء التنفيذ عليه؟

Passing off

A common law tort that prevents one person from misrepresenting his or her goods or services as being the goods or services of the claimant, and also prevents one person from holding out his or her goods or services as having some association or connection with the claimant when it is not true. A cause of action for passing off is a form of intellectual property enforcement against the unauthorised use of a trademark which is considered to be similar to another party’s registered or unregistered trademark, particularly where an action for trademark infringement based on a registered trademark is unlikely to be successful (due to the differences between the registered trademark and the unregistered trademark).

أمر قضائي

حكم يصدر من المحكمة أو النيابة بإلزام شخص بفعل شيء أو الامتناع عن شيء.

Self-help

خيانة

Gagging order