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حل شركة
إنهاء العمليات التجارية الجارية للشركة وتصفية حساباتها سواء بهدف سداد الديون أو لهدف آخر. Legal dictionary
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سابقة قضائية
مبدأ قانوني تم إقراره سابقًا من قبل محكمة عليا. Legal dictionary
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Litigation friend
Someone who represents a child, patient, person with a mental disability, or other person who is unable to represent themselves in court. The litigation friend need not be legally qualified and usually is not. Legal dictionary
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Clean break
A term used to refer to one of several types of orders, agreements and remedies that may be available when a divorcing couple wish to end their financial dependence on each other. This would usually result in the award of a single capital sum and dispense with the need to make regular periodic payments. Legal dictionary
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Fair wear and tear
Acceptable damage or signs of use caused by the normal use of something, such as a carpet, machine or paintwork. Legal dictionary
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Fraudulent misrepresentation
Is broadly the act of making a false statement and can take various forms. It could be an intentional disregard of false or possibly false information; falsely entering into a contract; or causing loss based on false data leading to a contract. Legal dictionary
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Marriage of convenience
A marriage arranged or entered into for a (non-romantic) financial, practical or political purpose that benefits one or both spouses, such as to gain nationality; a financial, practical or political arrangement between two people, groups or political parties that would not normally be expected to work together. Legal dictionary
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Sabotage
Deliberate action aimed at weakening an organisation through subversion, obstruction, disruption or destruction. In a workplace setting, it is the conscious withdrawal of efficiency generally directed at causing some change in workplace conditions. Legal dictionary
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Seditious
An overt act, such as speech and organisation, that tends towards insurrection of the established order. It often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent against a lawful authority. Legal dictionary
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Macaroni defence
A strategy intended to make a hostile takeover of a company more difficult, by granting special rights to existing shareholders upon the occurrence of the purchase of a significant amount of shares by an intended purchaser, or the issuing of bonds that can only be redeemed at a very high price. Legal dictionary
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Domicile
Is the established, fixed, permanent or ordinary place of residence of a person, as distinguished from his or her temporary and transient though actual place of residence. Legal dictionary
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Misdemeanour
A minor or lesser offence which is punished less severely than a serious crime and usually with a monetary fine. Legal dictionary
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Preamble
An introduction to a formal document that explains its purpose. When applied to the opening paragraphs of a statute, it may recite historical facts pertinent to the subject of the statute. Legal dictionary
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Practice directions
Guidelines issued by judges on how specific procedures and formalities should be followed in different courts. Legal dictionary
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Wrongful delay
An unreasonable delay in performing a contract or duty; an unreasonable delay in allowing or providing something to which a person has a right or interest. Legal dictionary
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