business law vocab Flashcards
(25 cards)
circumscribe
restrict (something) within limits.
statutory
required, permitted, or enacted by statute.
preempt
take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) from happening; forestall.
holding
(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : a ruling of a court upon an issue of law raised in a case : the pronouncement of law supported by the reasoning in a court’s opinion — compare decision, dictum, disposition, finding, judgment, opinion, ruling, verdict.
unconscionable
not right or reasonable.
redress
remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation).
contemplate
think profoundly and at length; meditate.
synonyms for so
ergo
accordingly.
consequently.
hence.
in consequence.
so.
then.
therefore.
thereupon.
bona fide
genuine; real.
Per Diem
allowance for traveling from companies to pay fro lodging, meals and incidental expenses
incidental
extra, secondary, subordinate
circumvent
find a way around
subsequently
after a particular thing has happened.. afterward
coalesce
to come together, to form one mass or whole
yield
produce, provide
to give way to arguments aka surrender
equity
the quality of being fair and impartial
delegate
a person sent or authorized to represent others
compunction
feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad
acquittal
a judgement that a person is not guilty of a crime which the person has been charged
confound
cause surprise or confusion, especially by acting against their expectations
tries
to litigate a legal controversy
extradite
hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.
tort
a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.
presumption
an attitude adopted in law or as a matter of policy toward an action or proposal in the absence of acceptable reasons to the contrary.
