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Unilateral contract
An agreement where one person promises to do something or to refrain from doing something if the other person does something, but the other person makes no promise to do or refrain from doing anything so that no enforceable obligation has been given by the other person. Legal dictionary
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حكم غيابي
قرار قضائي يصدر عن محكمة حال غياب المدعى عليه عن جلسات المرافعة. Legal dictionary
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Turnkey operation
An agreement under which a company takes all responsibility for the construction, furnishing and staffing of a building (eg a hospital or factory) so that it is completely ready for the buyer to take over. Legal dictionary
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Indictment
A formal written statement that a person has committed a particular criminal offence. Legal dictionary
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Hereto
Is a reference to this document or to this matter. Legal dictionary
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Bona fide
Made or carried out in good faith; without deception or fraud. Legal dictionary
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Road rage
Aggressive or angry behaviour by a driver of a car or other road vehicle towards the driver of another vehicle or someone involved in controlling road traffic or a pedestrian, including rude gestures, verbal insults, deliberately driving in an unsafe or threatening manner or making threats. It can lead to altercations, assaults and collisions that result in injuries and even death. Legal dictionary
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Mutually exclusive
Of or pertaining to a situation involving two or more events or possibilities in which the occurrence of one precludes the occurrence of the other. Both outcomes cannot be true at the same time. For example, the outcome of a single coin toss can result in either heads or tails, but not both. Legal dictionary
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جناية
وفقًا لقانون العقوبات المصري، هي جريمة يعاقب عليها القانون بالسجن المؤبد أو المشدد أو الإعدام، مثل القتل. Legal dictionary
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Vexatious litigant
A person who brings a legal action regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an opponent. It may take the form of a single case or repetitive filing of cases. Filing vexatious litigation is considered to be an abuse of the judicial process and may result in sanctions against the offender. Legal dictionary
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Escrow account
An arrangement with a bank in which money is deposited with the bank by one party and paid to another party if the condition of the arrangement is met, or if the condition is not met, the money is returned to the person who originally deposited the money with the bank. Legal dictionary
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Waiver clause
A clause in a contract that expressly states under which conditions the rights in the contract can be relinguished. Legal dictionary
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Reasonable force
Sometimes known as legal force, is the amount of force necessary to protect or defend a person or their property from another person. The term usually denotes defending against a violent attack, theft or other unlawful aggression. It may be used as a defence in a criminal trial or as a defence in a claim alleging tortious conduct. The use of excessive force, or more force than reasonably necessary for such protection, may result in the defence being forfeited. Legal dictionary
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Jaywalking
The offence of crossing the street/road without paying attention to oncoming traffic and/or crossing where the regulations do not permit doing so. Legal dictionary
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Demurrage
The sum which is fixed by a contract of carriage, or which is allowed, as remuneration to the owner of a ship (or other freight vehicle), for the detention of his vessel beyond the number of days allowed by the contract (or charter-party) for loading or unloading or for sailing the ship. It is also the period in which a chartered ship remains in the charterer’s possession beyond the agreed transportation time. Legal dictionary
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