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Bankruptcy
A legal status imposed by a court order that usually refers to an individual that cannot repay the debts that it owes to creditors. Legal dictionary
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دعوى
إدعاء يرفعه شخص أو جهة أمام القضاء ضد جهة أو أشخاص للمطالبة بما يعتقد أنه حق له. Legal dictionary
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Subordinate legislation
Also referred to as delegated or secondary legislation, is law made by an executive authority under powers delegated from the legislature responsible for the primary legislation. The power to make subordinate legislation is limited to making regulations that are incidental to administering the primary legislation. Legal dictionary
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طلاق بائن
في الشريعة الإسلامية، طلاق لا يحق فيه للمطلق ردّ مطلقته إلا برضاها وبعقد جديد، وينقسم إلى طلاق بائن بينونة صغرى وطلاق بائن بينونة كبرى. 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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Repudiation
Refers to the refusal to perform a duty or obligation owed to the other party to a contract. Further, anticipatory repudiation is an act or declaration before performance is due under a contract that indicates that a party will not perform his or her obligation on the future date specified in the contract. Legal dictionary
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Conflict of interest
A situation where someone in a position of trust will be personally affected by the results of a decision, and so cannot make that decision fairly. Legal dictionary
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Rectification
Is a remedy whereby a court orders a change in a written document to reflect what ought to have been said in the first place. It is an equitable remedy, which means that the circumstances where it can be applied are limited. Legal dictionary
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Abandonment
The act of giving up something voluntarily with the intention of not reclaiming it. For example, vacating a property without the intention of returning. The term includes both the external act and the intention to carry it into effect. There can be no abandonment without the intention to abandon. Legal dictionary
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Guarantee
A formal promise by one party (the guarantor or surety) to another party (the creditor) to accept responsibility of a third party’s (the principal debtor) debt, if that third party cannot or refuses to pay it. Legal dictionary
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Adjourn
To postpone action of a convened court until another time specified, or indefinitely, the latter usually being called to adjourn sine die. 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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Null and void
Having no legal force or binding effect; unable in law to support the purpose for which it was intended. If a contract is null and void from the beginning because it seriously offends the law or public policy it is said to be void ab initio. Legal dictionary
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Evidence
Any matter of fact that a party to a claim or action offers to provide to prove or disprove an issue in the case. The strongest type of evidence is that which provides direct proof of the truth of an assertion. At the other extreme is evidence that is merely consistent with an assertion but does not rule out other, contradictory assertions, and may be viewed as circumstantial evidence. Legal dictionary
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Notary public
A public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters. A notary’s main function is to attest and certify, by his/her hand and official seal, certain classes of documents, in order to give them authenticity in government authorities, foreign jurisdictions, etc. Legal dictionary
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