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target offense

target offense : an offense (as murder) that is the object of a conspiracy ...


Job-targeting program

Job-targeting program, means an initiative by a labour union to maintain or improve its share of the labour in a particular market by financing or backing contractor who bid on targeted projects. Also termed market-recovery program, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 840....


target

target : the object to be affected or achieved by an action or development ;specif : a company that is the object of a takeover ...


Fiscal targets

Fiscal targets, means the numerical ceilings pre-scribed in either absolutes (in Rupees Crore) or as proportions to the Gross State Domestic Product or other magnitudes for the fiscal indicators, Rajasthan Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005, s. 2(h)....


offense

offense or of·fence [ə-fens] n 1 : a violation of the law ;esp : a criminal act [nor shall any person be subject for the same to be twice put in jeopardy "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] see also lesser included offense 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : an intentional unlawful act that causes damage to another and for which the law imposes an obligation for damages compare quasi contract at contract, quasi-offense NOTE: Breach of contract, offenses, quasi-offenses, and quasi contracts are the bases for civil liability under the civil law. Offenses and quasi-offenses are comparable to common-law torts. ...


included offense

included offense : lesser included offense [permitted…to plead guilty to a logical included offense "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] ...


lesser included offense

lesser included offense : a crime (as unlawful entry) that is by definition included in the commission of another crime (as burglary) which has additional elements and greater criminal liability called also included offense NOTE: A criminal defendant may be convicted of a lesser included offense even if not charged specifically with that crime. ...


Offensive trade

Offensive trade, the word 'offensive' has got no technical meaning assigned to it in any legal enactment and it is not, therefore, possible to say that this word must be interpreted in that particular technical sense. Resort to the dictionary meaning of the word the setting up of a brick kiln or the preparing of bricks is a business which is liable or calculated to cause annoyance to the residents of the neighbourhood and it is, therefore, an offensive trade within the meaning of District Board Act, Sat Narain v. Emperor, AIR 1942 All 440: 1942 ALW 557....


quasi-offense

quasi-offense in the civil law of Louisiana : a negligent unlawful act that causes damage to another and for which the law imposes an obligation for damages compare offense ...


Offenseful

Causing offense displeasing wrong as an offenseful act...


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