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Home Dictionary Name: deterDeterment
The act of deterring also that which deters...
damage
damage [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1 : loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl : the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable see also additur, cover, mitigate, remittitur compare declaratory judgment at judgment, injunction specific performance at performance NOTE: The trier of fact determines the amount of damages to be awarded to the prevailing party. More than one type of damages may be awarded for a single injury. actual damages : damages deemed to compensate the injured party for losses sustained as a direct result of the injury suffered called also compensatory damages consequential damages : special damages in this entry direct damages : damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act compare special damages in this entry ex·em·pla·ry damages [ig-zem-plə-r...
defamation
defamation 1 : communication to third parties of false statements about a person that injure the reputation of or deter others from associating with that person see also libel, slander New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Important Cases section compare disparagement, false light, slander of title 2 : a defamatory communication [every repetition of the is a publication "W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton"] ...
immigration marriage fraud amendments of 1986
immigration marriage fraud amendments of 1986 Public Law 99-639 (Act of 11/10/86), which was passed in order to deter immigration-related marriage fraud. Its major provision stipulates that aliens deriving their immigrant status based on a marriage of less than two years are conditional immigrants. To remove their conditional status the immigrants must apply at an U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office during the 90-day period before their second-year anniversary of receiving conditional status. If the aliens cannot show that the marriage through which the status was obtained was and is a valid one, their conditional immigrant status may be terminated and they may become deportable. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
immigration reform and control act (irca) of 1986
immigration reform and control act (irca) of 1986 Public Law 99-603 (Act of 11/6/86), which was passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
intimidate
intimidate -dat·ed -dat·ing 1 : to make timid or fearful ;esp : to compel or deter by or as if by threats see also coercion 2 : to engage in the crime of intimidating (as a witness, juror, public officer in the performance of his or her duty, or victim of a robbery or other crime) in·tim·i·dat·ing·ly adv in·tim·i·da·tion [in-ti-mə-dā-shən] n in·tim·i·da·tor [in-ti-mə-dā-tər] n ...
Boycott
To combine against a landlord tradesman employer or other person to withhold social or business relations from him and to deter others from holding such relations to subject to a boycott...
Deter
To prevent by fear hence to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences or difficulty risk etc...
Deterrence
That which deters a deterrent a hindrance...
Deterrent
Serving to deter...
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