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corporation

2 : a corporation formed for purposes of tax evasion or acquisition or merger rather than for a legitimate business purpose small business corporation : a corporation described in section 1361 of the Internal Revenue Code that

chilling effect

: a usually undesirable discouraging effect or influence [the chilling effect it will have on the assertion of legitimate claims "S. V. Bomse"] used esp. of First Amendment violations

b.f.o.q.

the employment discrimination context a B.F.O.Q. may absolve an employer from liability for discrimination when there is a legitimate reason to require, for example, that all of the employees working a particular job be of the same

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regulatory taking

taking : an appropriation or diminution of private property rights by a governmental regulation which exceeds the government's legitimate police power (as the power to enact safety regulations) and for which the owner may seek a writ

incident

or event [an of sexual harassment] 2 : a subordinate, dependent, or consequential element [the search was a legitimate to the arrest] [child support and other s of divorce] adj : having a subordinate or dependent relation

rico (racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act)

law designed to investigate, control and prosecute organized crime, and to combat the infiltration of organized crime into legitimate business. Source: FindLaw

Legitimateness

The state or quality of being legitimate lawfulness genuineness

special law

the entire class and that is unconstitutional if the classification made is arbitrary or without a reasonable or legitimate justification or basis called also local law special legislation compare general law

Filius mulieratus

Filius mulieratus, the eldest legitimate son of a woman who was illicitly connected with his father before marriage.

Deceptive resemblance

on the Register of Trade Marks if it is likely to do so in the course of its legitimate use in market where the two marks are assumed to be in use, Amritdhara Pharmacy v. Satya deo,

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