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Most Popular Legal Definitions
age discrimination
employer's unfair treatment of a current or
potential employee up to the age of 70; illegal under the Age Discrimination
Unemployment Act (1967)
polygamy
Being married to multiple spouses at the same time.
benefit
1) any profit or acquired right or privilege, primarily through a contract 2) in
worker's compensation the term "benefit" is the insurance payment resulting from
a fatal accident on the job, while "compensation" is for injury without death 3)
In income taxation, anything that brings economic gain
affirmative action
The process of a business or governmental agency
in which it gives special rights of hiring or advancement to ethnic
minorities
premeditation
the planning out of a crime that displays complete consciousness and intent in
making the decision to commit said crime
take
To gain or obtain possession, including the
receipt of a legacy from an estate.
pornography
Portrayal of sexual acts solely for the purpose of sexual arousal.
third-party beneficiary
A person who is not a party to a contract but
has legal rights
per capita
Latin for "by the head."
comparative negligence
a principle of tort law which looks at the negligence of the victim and which
may lead to either a reduction of the award against the defendant, proportionate
to the contribution of the victim's negligence, or which may even prevent an
award altogether if the victim's negligence, when compared with the defendant,
is equal to or greater in terms or contributing to the situation which caused
the injury or damage