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juridical person

person NOTE: The rights and responsibilities of a juridical person are distinct from those of the natural persons constituting it.

judicial review

judicial review 1 : review 2 : a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges

judicial activism

individual rights through decisions that depart from established precedent or are independent of or in opposition to supposed constitutional or legislative intent compare judicial restraint

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insurrectionary

insurrectionary : of, relating to, or constituting insurrection ;also : given to or tending to induce insurrection n : a participant in insurrection : insurgent

injure

from damage to, deprivation of, or interference with property or a property interest c : to violate the constitutionally or otherwise legally protected rights of 2 : to mar or impair the soundness or appearance of (as

fair warning

fair warning : sufficient notification in a statute that particular conduct constitutes a crime see also void-for-vagueness doctrine

indenture

bankruptcy law : a document (as a mortgage or deed of trust) under which there is outstanding security constituting a claim against a debtor, a claim secured by a lien on any of the debtor's property, or

importune

with troublesome persistence [who solicits, requests, commands, s or intentionally aids another person to engage in conduct which constitutes an offense "General Statutes of Connecticut"] vi : to beg, urge, or press another persistently or troublesomely compare

hostile environment harassment

employment discrimination consisting of unwelcome verbal or physical conduct (as comments, jokes, or acts) relating to the victim's constitutionally or statutorily protected classification (as race, religion, ethnic origin, or age) that has the effect of substantially interfering

guarantee

guarantee [probably alteration of guaranty] 1 : guarantor 2 : guaranty 3 : an assurance that a condition will be fulfilled: as a : an agreement by which one person undertakes to secure another in the...

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