Handling - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: handlinghandled
having a usually specified type of handle as a pearl handled revolver a long handled shovel...
handled
fitted with or having having a handle as a handled magnifying glass is easier to use Opposite of handleless...
Handling
A touching controlling managing using etc with the hand or hands or as with the hands See Handle v t...
Handling
Handling, in relation to any hazardous substance, means the manufacture, processing, treatment, package, storage transportation by vehicle, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer or the like of such hazardous substance. [National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995 (27 of 1995), s. 2 (e).Means the manufacture, processing, treatment, package, storage, transportation by vehicle, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer or the like of such hazardous substance, Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 (6 of 1991), s. 2(c).Means the manufacture, processing, treatment, package, storage, transportation, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer or the like of such substance. Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), s. 2(d)...
Process and processing
Process and processing, the natural meaning of the word 'process' is a mode of treatment of certain materials in order to produce a good result, a species of activity performed on the subject matter in order to transform or reduce it to a certain stage. According to Oxford Dictionary one of the mean-ings of the word 'process' is 'a continuous and regular action or succession of actions taking place or carried on in a definite manner and leading to the accomplishment of some result.' The activity contemplated by the definition is perfectly general requiring only the continuous or quick succession. It is not one of the requisites that the activity should involve some operation on some material in order to effect its conversion to some particular stage. There is nothing in the natural meaning of the word 'process' to exclude its application to handling. There may be a process which consists only in handling and there may be a process which involves no handling or not merely handling but u...
agent
agent 1 : someone or something that acts or exerts power : a moving force in achieving some result 2 : a person guided or instigated by another in some action [where the heads of departments are the political…s of the executive, merely to execute the will of the president "Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)"] see also innocent agent 3 a : a person or entity (as an employee or independent contractor) authorized to act on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties see also agency, fiduciary relationship, subagent compare fiduciary, principal, servant apparent agent : an agent acting under an agency by estoppel bar·gain·ing agent : a labor union that represents the employees in a bargaining unit in negotiating with their employer through collective bargaining business agent : an agent that handles business affairs for another person or organization ;esp : a paid official of a union who carries on union business between the employ...
bank
bank : an organization for the custody, loan, or exchange of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds branch bank : a banking facility that is a separate but dependent part of a chartered bank ;esp : a facility that performs some banking functions and is separate from a main office bridge bank : a national bank that is chartered for a limited time to operate an insolvent bank until it is sold central bank : a national bank that establishes monetary and fiscal policy and controls the money supply and interest rate collecting bank : a bank other than the payor bank that is handling for collection a negotiable instrument or a promise or order to pay money commercial bank : a bank organized chiefly to handle the everyday financial transactions of businesses (as through deposit accounts and commercial loans) cooperative bank : an association (as a credit union) owned by and offering banking services for its members ;specif : savings and ...
treaty
treaty pl: treaties [Anglo-French treté, from Middle French traité, from Medieval Latin tractatus, from Latin, handling, treatment, from tractare to treat, handle] 1 : the action of treating and esp. of negotiating 2 : an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation: as a : private treaty b : a contract in writing between two or more political authorities (as states or sovereigns) formally signed by representatives duly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking authority of the state [the president…shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties "U.S. Constitution art. II"] compare executive agreement 3 : a document embodying a negotiated agreement or contract 4 : an agreement or contract (as between companies) providing for treaty reinsurance ...
Bethumb
To handle to wear or soil by handling as books...
Billhook
A thick heavy knife with a hooked point used in pruning hedges etc When it has a short handle it is sometimes called a hand bill when the handle is long a hedge bill or scimiter...
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