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Rights of audience
The right of a lawyer to appear and conduct proceedings in court on behalf of their client. Legal dictionary
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Appurtenant
Belonging to, accessory or incidental to; annexed or appended to. A thing is deemed to be incidental or appurtenant to land when it is by right used with the land for its benefit, as in the case of a right of way or watercourse, or a passage of light or air from across the land belonging to another. Legal dictionary
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Larceny
The wrongful and fraudulent taking and carrying away by one person of the personal goods and property of another from any place, with the intention to convert them for his or her own use, and make them his or her property, without the consent of the owner. Legal dictionary
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Restrictive practice
Either a trade agreement that is against the public interest, or actions that limit the rights or freedom of workers or employees. Legal dictionary
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Warranty
A guarantee or promise which provides assurance by one party to the other party that specific facts or conditions are true or will happen. The factual guarantee may be enforced regardless of materiality which allows for a legal remedy if that promise is not true or is not followed. Although a warranty in its simplest form is an element of a contract, some warranties run with a product so that a manufacturer makes the warranty to a consumer with which the manufacturer has no direct contractual relationship. Legal dictionary
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Garden leave
The practice whereby an employee leaving a job, having resigned or had their employment terminated, is instructed to stay away from work during the notice period, while still remaining on the payroll. This practice is often used to prevent employees from taking with them up-to-date (and possibly sensitive) information when they leave their current employer, especially when they are leaving to join a competitor. Legal dictionary
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طلاق رجعي
طلاق يحل فيه للزوج رد زوجته دون عقد جديد إذا رغب أثناء عدتها والتي تمتد إلى ثلاثة قروء. وبعد إنقضاء العدة، لا يجوز للزوج رد زوجته إلا بعقد زواج جديد ومهر جديد. Legal dictionary
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حجر
منع شخص من التصرف في مال مملوك له لمصلحته مثل الحجر على المجنون، أو لمصلحة غيره كالحجر على مدين لسداد ديونه. Legal dictionary
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Amortized mortgage
Is a loan used to buy a house or other real property which is repaid with regular repayments comprising interest and the repayment of some of the money originally borrowed. Legal dictionary
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Bifurcated trial
A legal proceeding that is divided into two separate phases to separately address issues such as liability and damages, or guilt and punishment. Legal dictionary
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Standard directions
Instructions that a court gives to the parties to a case on how to prepare the case for trial. The directions are intended to make sure that everything about the case is known to the court and to all the parties before the full court hearing. Legal dictionary
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Mutatis mutandis
A Latin phrase meaning ‘the necessary changes having been made’ or ‘once the necessary changes have been made’. Legal dictionary
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Charter party
A written, or partly written and partly printed, contract between a ship owner and a merchant, by which a ship is let or hired for the conveyance of goods on a specific voyage, or for a defined period. A vessel might also be hired to carry passengers on a journey. Where the vessel is hired for a single voyage, and the vessel’s owner provides the master, crew, bunker and supplies, the arrangement is known as a voyage charter. Legal dictionary
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Alienation
The capacity for a piece of property or a property right to be sold or otherwise transferred from one party to another. Legal dictionary
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Tribunal
Any person or institution with authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes, whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. Legal dictionary
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