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threshold : a point of beginning : a minimum requirement for further action ;specif : a determination (as of fact or the existence of a reasonable doubt) upon which something else (as further consideration or a right of action) hinges [the for inquiry] adj : of, relating to, or being a threshold [the issue in a negligence action is whether the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff "Noakes v. City of Seattle, 895 P.2d 842 (1995)"] [a showing of the need for psychiatric evaluation] ...
Form 10-K
Form 10-K : a financial disclosure form required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to be filed annually by companies issuing securities or having a threshold amount of gross assets ...
in limine
in limine [Latin, on the threshold] : at the beginning : as a preliminary matter ;specif : before a particular procedure or proceeding takes place adj : of, relating to, or being a motion, petition, or order regarding the admissibility of evidence whose exclusion is sought esp. on the ground that it is prejudicial ...
lesion
lesion [Anglo-French, damage, injury, from Latin laesio, from laedere to injure] in the civil law of Louisiana : loss from failure to receive a threshold amount or value (as one-half market value) for immovable property conveyed or transferred by a commutative contract (as a sale or exchange) [a new partition may be demanded for the least "Louisiana Civil Code"] called also lesion beyond moiety compare unjust enrichment ...
Doorsill
The sill or threshold of a door...
Doorstone
The stone forming a threshold...
Desirable
Desirable, this is a difficult test to interpret, for it is framed both in terms of a jurisdictional threshold ('only where') and in terms of the exercise of a discretionary judgment ('desirable'), Black v. Sumitomo Corpn. (CA), (2002) 1 WLR 1562.To become requirement must have the objective element of a need which can be decided only by taking all relevant circumstances into consideration so that the protection afforded to a tenant is not rendered illusory or whittled down, Rahabhar Production Pvt. Ltd. v. Rajendrak Tandon, (1998) 4 SCC 49...
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