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Home Dictionary Name: concertativeconcert of action
concert of action : a theory in torts that imposes liability on all defendants who have committed tortious acts that contributed to the plaintiff's injury even though only one actually caused the injury compare alternative liability at liability 2 : a rule in criminal law that holds an aider and abettor liable for commission of a criminal act by the principal NOTE: Concert of action does not apply where the crime requires more than one person for its commission. ...
concerted activity
concerted activity pl: -ties : an employee action (as canvassing other employees) that concerns wages or working conditions of others in addition to the employee and that contemplates group activity NOTE: Concerted activities are protected by the National Labor Relations Act and cannot be used as a reason to discharge or discipline an employee. ...
Acting in concert
Acting in concert, the persons acting in concerts with an acquirer must have commonality of objectives and community of interests and their act of acquiring shares or voting rights in a company must serve the common objective, Technip SA v. SMS Holding (P) Ltd., (2005) 5 SCC 465. [SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regn., 1997]...
concerted
concerted 1 : mutually contrived or agreed upon [the pursuit of lawful…ends "L. H. Tribe"] 2 : acting together toward a common end [ wrongdoers] ...
Concerted
Mutually contrived or planned agreed on as concerted schemes signals...
Concertion
Act of concerting adjustment...
Strike
Strike, is of an artificial character and does not represent any legal definition or description. It is an agreement between persons who are working for a particular employer, not to continue working for him, Bankey Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1959 All 614: (1957) 2 Lab LJ 231.Means a total or partial cessation of work by employees employed in an industrial undertaking acting in combination or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of em-ployees to continue to work or to accept work where such cessation or refusal is in consequence of an industrial dispute in any industry, Mill Manager, Model Mills Nagpur Ltd. v. Dharam Das, AIR 1958 SC 311.Strike. The (English) Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 22), by s. 8 provides:-The expression 'strike' means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any trade or industry acting in combination, or a concerted refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are...
work stoppage
work stoppage : a cessation of work by employees as a job action NOTE: Work stoppage is often used to refer to a cessation of work that is less serious and more spontaneous than one referred to as a strike. As used in the Labor Management Relations Act strike refers to “any…concerted stoppage of work by employees…and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees.” ...
liability
liability pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being liable 2 : something for which one is liable: as a : a financial obligation : debt [tax ] [the bonds are liabilities] compare asset contingent liability : an amount that may or may not be owed depending on the outcome of a contingency (as a cosigner's default on a loan) fixed liability : a liability (as a bond or mortgage) that does not mature for at least one year from the date incurred or from a given date b : accountability and responsibility to another enforceable by civil remedies or criminal sanctions [ for injuries caused by their product] absolute liability : strict liability in this entry alternative liability : joint liability imposed on multiple tortfeasors when there are simultaneous tortious acts (as defective manufacture of parts of a wheel by different manufacturers) and uncertainty as to which act was the proximate cause of an injury compare concert of action civil liability : liability imposed under c...
Collusion
Collusion [fr. collusio, Lat., fr. colludo, to unite in the same play or game, and thus to unite for the purposes of fraud or deception], an agreement or compact between two or more persons to do some act in order to prejudice a third person, or for some improper purpose. Collusion in judicial proceedings is a secret agreement between two persons that the one should institute a suit against the other, in order to obtain the decision of a judicial tribunal for some sinister purpose, and appears to be of two kinds: (1) When the facts put forward as the foundation of the sentence of the Court do not exist; (2) When they exist, but have been corruptly preconcerted for the express purpose of obtaining the sentence. In either case the judgment obtained by such collusion is a nullity. See Duchess of Kingston's case, (1776) 2 Sm. L.C. Collusion between the petitioner and either of the respondents in presenting or prosecuting a suit for dissolution of marriage is a bar to such suit by the Judic...
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