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federal trade commission (ftc)
federal trade commission (ftc) The agency of the federal government that seeks to promote free and fair competition in interstate commerce through prevention of trade restraints such as price-fixing agreements, false advertising, illegal combinations of
copyright
her original work of authorship (as a literary, musical, dramatic, artistic, or architectural work) see also common-law copyright, fair use at use, infringe intellectual property at property, international copyright, original, public domain compare patent, trademark NOTE: Copyrights
counterfeit
counterfeit [Middle French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire to imitate, draw, paint, from contre- counter- + faire to make] : made in imitation of a genuine article (as a document) without authorization and esp. with
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defeat
of defaire to undo, defeat, from Old French deffaire desfaire, from de-, prefix marking reversal of action + faire to do] 1 a : to render null [third parties will an attached but “unperfected” security interest "J.
derivative action
or association authorities, or from other shareholders or members, and the reasons these attempts failed. The plaintiff must fairly and adequately represent the other similarly situated shareholders or members, and the action may not be collusive. Federal
discretion
power of a judge to use his or her own judgment in making decisions guided by what is fair and equitable and by principles of law see also abuse of discretion b : the power of a
due process
due process 1 : a course of formal proceedings (as judicial proceedings) carried out regularly, fairly, and in accordance with established rules and principles called also procedural due process 2 : a requirement that
equitable
equitable 1 : having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally [shall allocate…appropriations in an manner "U.S. Code"] 2 : existing or valid in equity or as
equitable distribution
by a court in a divorce action in accordance with statutory guidelines that are designed to produce a fair but not necessarily equal division of the property
pretrial conference
focusing the issues, making discovery, entering into stipulations, obtaining rulings, and dealing with any matters that may facilitate fair and efficient disposition of the case including settlement
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