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CROOK

a common term for a thief, forger, conman or swindler.

CE-ADVENTURER

This term applies to the person who joinsother people in a business enterprise and will share any risks of the venture.

CHOATE

term that is applied to something that is complete or justifiable against other claims and is the opposite of inchoate.

COLLISION CLAUSE

This found in maritime law and is the provision in an insurance policy that covers the possibility of a collision of the insured vessel and another vessel.

CHASTE

a legal term that is applied to an unmarried female who has yet to experience sexual intercourse.

CONSCIOUS MINOR

This term deals with routine treatment where surgical and medical treatment cannot be given to a minor without the consent of a parent, next of kin or a guardian.

CHECK-OFF SYSTEM

This term applies to the deduction of union dues from a persons wages that are collected and then given to the union concerned.

CHILD CUSTODY

The term applied to the support and control of a child that is determined by the court when the parents of the child are divorced or separated. See also, Common Reasons Grandparents

CONTRARY TO LAW

This term means that it is unlawful or is in violation of a legal regulation or a legal statute.

GOING CONCERN

A business currently successful with indications in the foreseeable future of continuing to do well.

CEILING EFFECT

The factors or constraints triggered as higher levels, values, or scores occur. It is often due to the lessening levels of difficulty to highest scoring individuals. It lessen the possibility of measuring

CENTRONICS INTERFACE

Standard 36pin parallel port connection interface for a computer and printer. Developed by the Centronics printer company, which is now defunct, it is now governed by IEEE 1284B protocol, and slowly being

CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION (COP)

When investors buy a lessor’s ownership interest to share in the income from the leased asset and in the associated tax advantages in proportion to their investment, the Lease arrangement is document

CHAKU CHAKU

The manufacturing process of a single-piece where a single worker walks the piece from one workstation to the next, setting up and operating each machine from beginning to the end of the

CHANGE OF CONDITION CLAUSE

One or more statements in insurance contracts requiring that all conditions detailed in the application by the applicant must still hold true when the policy is delivered for an insurance policy to

CHECK ROUTINE

The checking or testing of a procedure, process, or system, at regular and methodical intervals, to evaluate and report operational conditions at that interval.

CHEMICAL STABILITY

Molecular characteristic of a chemical or compound. The tendency of a material to resist change or decomposition in its natural environment or when exposed to air, heat, light, pressure, or other natural

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)

Top executive in a firm who is responsible for a firm’s overall well-being in terms of operations and performance. The hired leader of the firm, serving as the main link between the

CHOICE OF LAW CLAUSE

Contract provision specifying the governing jurisdiction over disputes arising from or relating to this contract.

CIM

Document used for crossborder transport of cargo by rail. Standardized, per UN recommendations on uniform international rules and European Union (EU) applied. CIM means ‘Convention Internationale concernant le transport des Marchandises par

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