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AGENCY-SHOP AGREEMENT

the agreement permitting an employee to join or not to join a labour union. There is a pre-requisite of employment that he needs to pay the union initiation fee and the regular

PLEA EQUITY

a plea where the answer states reasons why a suit should be dismissed or dropped.

DAMAGES IRREPARABLE

These are damages that will not compensate for the loss because the loss cannot be measured in monetary terms.

COMPENSABLE DEATH

The term that is given to a death that has occurred as being from an accident or an illness that arises from employment.

ORDER NISI

the term given to the order to request a thing be done within a certain period of time.

PLEA AFFIRMATIVE

the term that is given to the answer to a charge that contains a fact that will destroy the plaintiff’s case.

CORNERING THE MARKET

This term is applied when the majority of a particular commodity is bought on the market and is then sold for a higher price.

CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

A term in medical jurisprudence where an accuser’s mental capacity to understand the charges against him and may have no knowledge of the crime.

ALLUREMENT

the exceptional attraction to something or something that will entice a person to act. Such as a child swimming an another person’s pool.

MORAL CONSIDERATIONS

the term given to the considerations that are based on moral grounds and not legal grounds.

MARRIED WOMEN

the term that is given to the laws that govern the property of a husband and wife together.

EXPECTATION DAMAGES

the money that is available to the plaintiff as the defendant has breached his contract.

PERCENTAGE COMMISSION

the term that is used for the money that is received by a broker that is based on a percentage of a price fro selling.

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