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Home Dictionary Name: corpsEngineer Corps
In the United States army the Corps of Engineers a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general whose title is Chief of Engineers It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense the improvement of rivers and harbors the construction of lighthouses etc and in time of war supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field...
Corps
Corps, any separate body of persons subject to the Army Act, 1950 which is prescribed as corps for the purposes of all or any of the provisions of the Act. Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi v. Union of India, (1982) 3 SCC 140: AIR 1982 SC 1413 (1428): (1983) 1 SCR 393. [Army Rules (1954) R. 187]...
Corps Diplomatique
Corps Diplomatique [Fr.], the body of ambassadors and diplomatic persons...
Cerevis
A small visorless cap worn by members of German student corps It is made in the corps colors and usually bears the insignia of the corps...
Employed
Employed, The word 'employed' in the definition of Motor Transport worker is not used in the sense of using the services of a person but rather in the sense of keeping a person in one's service, Ghatge and Patil Concerns' Employees Union v. Ghatge and Patel Transport (P) Ltd., AIR 1968 SC 503 (506): (1968) 1 SCR 300.The expression 'employed' has at least two known connotations but as used in the definition, the context would indicate that it is used in the sense of a relationship brought about by express or implied contract of service in which the employee renders service for which he is engaged by the employer and the latter agrees to pay him in cash or kind as agreed between them or statutorily prescribed. It discloses a relationship of command and obedience. The essential condition of a person being a workman within the terms of the definition is that he should be employed to do the work in that industry and that there should be, in other words, an employment of his by the employer ...
anticipate
anticipate -pat·ed -pat·ing 1 : to bar or invalidate (a patent) by anticipation [the patent on the compound had been anticipated by the Beilstein reference "Misani v. Ortho Pharm. Corp., 210 A.2d 609 (1965)"] 2 : to negate the novelty of (an invention) by its appearance in prior art [appeared to have anticipated a variable light makeup mirror "Wilson v. Bristol-Myers Co., 503 N.Y.S.2d 334 (1986)"] ...
breach
breach 1 a : a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification breach of duty : a breach of a duty esp. by a fiduciary (as an agent or corporate officer) in carrying out the functions of his or her position breach of trust : a breach by a trustee of the terms of a trust (as by stealing from or carelessly mishandling the funds) breach of warranty : a breach by a seller of the terms of a warranty (as by the failure of the goods to conform to the seller's description or by a defect in title) NOTE: A seller may be liable for a breach of warranty even without any negligence or misconduct. b : failure without excuse or justification to fulfill one's obligations under a contract called also breach of contract compare repudiation an·tic·i·pa·to·ry breach : a breach of contract that occurs as a result of a party's anticipatory repudiation of the contract ef·fi·c...
essence
essence 1 : the real or ultimate nature of a thing : the properties that make a thing what it is [his award is legitimate only so long as it draws its from the collective bargaining agreement "United Steel Workers v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp., 363 U.S. 593 (1960)"] see also essence test 2 : the predominant purpose of a thing [the of the contract] of the essence : of the utmost importance ;specif : so material in nature that failure to satisfy its requirements constitutes a breach of contract [time is of the essence] ...
frustrate
frustrate frus·trat·ed frus·trat·ing : to make invalid or ineffectual : defeat [the remedial purposes of the Workers' Compensation Act should not be frustrated by rigid technical standards "Palmer v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 559 A.2d 340 (1989)"] ...
grieve
grieve grieved griev·ing vt : to submit (a grievance) to a grievance procedure [wage claims…had been contractually grieved "M. A. Kelly"] vi : to bring a grievance under a grievance procedure [as a union member, Jackson was obligated to — not sue "Jackson v. Liquid Carbonic Corp., 863 F.2d 111 (1988)"] ...
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