Search results for: “Business law of the European Community”
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About the Origins and Sources of International Law, Historical
About the Origins and Sources of International Law, Historical in Europe The eminent man who founded the Whewell Professorship of International Law laid an earnest and express injunction on the occupant of this chair that he should make it his aim, in all parts of his treatment of the […]
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European Company Statute
The European Company Statute (SE) gives companies operating in more than one Member State the option of being established as a single company under Community law and so able to operate throughout the European Union with one set of rules and a unified management and reporting system rather […]
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Regulations
Regulations Regulations Definition In some countries, subordinate legislation includes regulations, administrative decisions, orders, procedures, directives and bylaws. In Canada, for example, Regulations are defined as a statutory instrument. Regulations Definition in the Legal Dictionary Regulations Synonym Regulations in Administrative Law Finding regulations To conduct legal research, in some countries is helpful to use a consolidated…
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Vestry
Definition of Vestry The assembly of the whole of a parish for the dispatch of the affairs and business of the parish, the repair of the church, etc., formerly commonly held in the vestry adjoining to or belonging to the church. The local governmental functions of the vestries have been […]
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Vacation
Definition of Vacation The periods of the year during which the Courts are not sitting, and chambers of the Supreme Court of Judicature are closed for ordinary business. There are however, certain kinds of business which may be transacted during vacation (e.g., applications for injunctions, […]
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Traders
Definition of Traders Only traders could be made bankrupt, until section 69 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1861, made all debtors subject to the provisions of that Act. Married women still can be adjudicated bankrupt only when carrying on trade or business, whether separately from their husbands or […]
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Traders
Definition of Traders Only traders could be made bankrupt, until section 69 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1861, made all debtors subject to the provisions of that Act. Married women still can be adjudicated bankrupt only when carrying on trade or business, whether separately from their husbands or […]
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Trade Disputes Act, 1906
Definition of Trade Disputes Act, 1906 (1) An act done in pursuance of an agreement or combination by two or more persons shall not, if done in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute, be actionable unless the act, if done without any such agreement or combination, would be actionable. […]
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Slander
Definition of Slander Defamation (q.v.) by means of spoken words or gesture. It is a tort and not a crime and is not actionable without proof of special damage, except in four cases when the words are said to be actionable per se, i. e. : (1) Imputing a crime punishable with imprisonment. (2) […]
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Ship
Definition of Ship A vessel cannot be registered as a British ship unless she belongs wholly to British subjects, or to a corporation formed under and subject to the laws of, and having its principal place of business in, the British Empire. The ownership of every registered ship is divided […]