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Business runs on contracts, regulations and legal duties. These terms explain the legal language found in agreements, company filings and compliance rules, as general education rather than legal advice. 639 Legal terms are explained below, each with real-world examples.
- Aarons Law
- Abandoned Property
- Abandonment
- Abatement
- Abeyance Order
- Absolute Priority
- Acceptance of Office by Trustee
- Accord and Satisfaction
- Account in Trust
- Act God
- Acting in Concert
- Actual Authority
- Actual Owner
- Actual Ownership
- Addendum
- Adjudication
- Administration Bond
- Administrative Law
- Administrative Order Consent Aoc
- Administrator
- Admiralty Court
- Adverse Action
- Adverse Possession
- Affidavit of Loss
- Affiliate
- Affiliated Person
- Affirmative Action
- After-Acquired Clause
- AG (Aktiengesellschaft)
- Agency by Necessity
- Agent
- AGM
- Aktiengesellschaft
- Aleatory Contract
- Alien Corporation
- Alimony
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)
- Amendment
- American Rule
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Amnesty
- Andersen Effect
- Antedate
- Anti-Diversion Clause
- Anti-Indemnity Statute
- Anticipatory Breach
- Appeal Bond
- Appellate Courts
- Appleton Rule
- Appraisal Right
- Arbitration
- Arm's Length Market
- Armslength
- Arraignment
- Article 9
- Article 50
- Articles of Partnership
- ASIC
- Asset Deficiency
- Assign
- Assignable Contract
- Assignee
- Assignment of Proceeds
- Assignor
- Associated Person
- Attachment
- Attorney in Fact
- Attorney's Fee Award
- Automatic Stay
- Backdating
- Bail Bond
- Bailee
- Bailment
- Bailor
- Bait and Switch
- Bank Secrecy Act
- Bankruptcy Court
- Bankruptcy Financing
- Bankruptcy Risk
- Bankruptcy Trustee
- Basket Deductible
- Belly Up
- Beneficial Interest
- Best Endeavors
- Best Interest Contract Exemption (BICE)
- BHD (Berhad)
- Bid Rigging
- Bidding Ring
- Big Bang
- Bilateral Contract
- Biotechnology Intellectual Property Rights
- Blue Sheets
- Boilerplate
- Bona Fide Error
- Bona Vacantia
- Borrowed Servant Rule
- Bottomry
- Bribe
- Burden of Proof
- CAMS
- Carding
- Carmack Amendment
- Caveat
- Caveat Emptor
- Cease and Desist
- Celler Kefauver Act
- Cestui Que Vie
- CFMA
- CFR
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
- Chapter9
- Chapter10
- Chapter12
- Charging Order
- Charter
- Chief Legal Officer
- Child Support
- CIV
- Civil Damages
- Civil Money Penalty
- Clayton Antitrust Act
- Close Period
- Collateral Source Rule
- Combating the Financing of Terrorism
- Commercial Code
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- Common Carrier
- Common Law
- Competition in Contracting Act (CICA)
- Compliance Department
- Condition Precedent
- Confession of Judgment
- Constructive Discharge Claim
- Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968
- Consumer Financial Protection Act
- Contempt Court
- Contra Proferentem Rule
- Contract Provision
- Conveyance
- Cooling-Off Rule
- Copyright Infringement
- Corporate Fraud
- Corporate Lien
- Corporate Resolution
- Corporation
- Countersignature
- Countervailing Duties
- Covenant
- Covenant Not Sue
- Covenant Not to Sue
- Cram-Down Deal
- Cramdown
- Crammed Down
- Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA)
- Cross-Purchase Agreement
- CRPC
- CSA
- CSRC
- Curtesy
- Darknet Market Cryptomarket
- Data Protection Officer (DPO)
- Date Certain
- De Jure Corporation
- De-Escalation Clause
- Debt Assignment
- Debt Discharge
- Debt Limitation
- Debt Loading
- Debtor in Possession
- Debtor-in-Possession Financing (DIP Financing)
- Decedent
- Declaration Conformity Doc
- Declaratory Judgment
- Deed of Release
- Defalcation
- Defamation
- Deficiency
- Deficiency Agreement
- Deficiency Balance
- Del Credere Agency
- Delaware Corporation
- Deposition
- Design Patent
- DIP Financing
- Disaffirmance
- Discharge in Bankruptcy
- Disclosure
- Disclosure Statement
- Discretionary Beneficiary
- Disgorgement
- Dishonor
- Disposition
- Dissenters' Rights
- Distinct Business Entity
- Division of Enforcement
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Domestic Corporation
- Domicile
- Donee Beneficiary
- Double Dipping
- Dower
- Dram Shop Laws
- Due Process
- Dummydirector
- Duty Care
- Effective Date
- Effects Test
- Electionperiod
- Emblements
- Emergence Plan
- Emergency Economic Stability Act
- Employmentactof1946
- Enduringpurpose
- Energy Commerce Committee
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Equitable Division
- Equitable Relief
- ERPA
- Escalator Clause
- Escrow
- Escrow Agreement
- Escrowreceipt
- Estoppel
- European Medicines Agency (EMA)
- Evergreen (Contract Provision)
- Exculpatory Clause
- Exempt Employee
- Exempt Transaction
- Exit Visa
- Exoneration
- Exordiumclause
- Express Warranty
- External Claim
- Extortion
- Facilitating Payment
- Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA)
- Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA)
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
- FCA
- FCC
- Fiduciary Negligence
- Field of Use
- Financial Choice Act
- Financial Institutions Reform Recovery Enforcement
- Financial Institutions Regulatory Act
- Financial Power of Attorney
- Financial Responsibility Law
- Financial Services Act of 1999
- Financial Stability Oversight Council
- Financing Statement
- FINCEN
- Fintrac
- First Amendment
- First to File Rule
- Five Percent Rule
- Floating Lien
- Foaming the Runway
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Foreign Qualification
- Form3
- Form144
- FTC
- Full Disclosure
- Functional Regulation
- Garnishment
- General Data Protection Regulation Gdpr
- Gentlemansagreement
- Gentlemen's Agreement
- GmbH
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Grandfather Clause
- Gross Negligence
- Guarantee Company
- Guardian
- Heads of Agreement
- Healthcare Power of Attorney
- Hell or High Water Contract
- Hold Harmless Clause
- Howey Test
- Illegal Dividend
- Immediate Family
- Immunity
- Implied Authority
- Implied Contract Terms
- Implied Warranty
- Inchoate
- Incorporated Trustee
- Incorporeal Rights
- Insider
- Insider Information
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement
- International Maritime Organization
- Intestate
- Investadvact
- Investment Canada Act
- Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)
- Investor Protection Act
- Joint Tenancy
- Jones Act
- Jtwros
- Judgement
- Judgment Lien
- Judgment Proof
- Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act
- Juris Doctor
- Kenney Rule
- Knowyourclient
- Large Trader
- Legal Separation
- Lemon Laws
- Letters Patent
- Libel
- Licensee
- Lien Waiver
- Limited Company
- Limited Power of Attorney
- Liquidate
- Liquidator
- Lisbon Treaty
- LLC Operating Agreement
- Lobby
- Locus Sigilli
- Loophole
- Ltd Limited
- Malfeasance
- Mandatory Binding Arbitration
- Maritime Law
- Master Servant Rule
- Material Insider Information
- Mechanic's Lien
- Mifid
- MIFOR
- Misfeasance
- Misrepresentation
- Mississippicompany
- Monetary Control Act
- Moratorium
- Morganization
- MOU
- MSPA
- Mutual Will
- Natural Guardian
- NDA
- Negative Pledge Clause
- Negligence
- Negotiable
- Negotiable Bill of Lading
- Net Neutrality
- Nevada Corporation
- Next of Kin
- No-Shop Clause
- Non Recourse Sale
- Nondischargeable Debt
- Nonfeasance
- Nonnegotiable
- Notarize
- Notary
- Notice of Dishonor
- Notice of Nonresponsibility
- Notice of Termination
- Noticefiling
- Noticeofseizure
- Nuncupative Will
- Nursing Home Resident Trust Fund
- NV NV or Naamloze Vennootschap
- Occupational Safety and Health Act
- Ocean Bill of Lading
- Ombudsman
- Options Backdating
- Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance-Based Products (PRIIPs)
- PAGA
- Panama Papers
- Passporting
- Patent Agent
- Patent Attorney
- Patent Pending
- Patent Troll
- Patriot Act
- Pay to Bearer
- Pay to Order
- Per Stirpes
- Perfected Lien
- Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR)
- Personal Representative
- Personalproperty
- Petition
- Plant Patent
- PLC
- Political Action Committee (Super PAC)
- Possessory Lien
- Postnuptial Agreement
- Pour-Over Will
- Powerofattorneyproperty
- PRA
- Prepetition
- Prima Facie
- Primingloan
- Privileged Communication
- Privity of Contract
- Probable Cause
- Probate Court
- Promissory Estoppel
- Protanto
- Provisional Patent Application
- Prudent Investor Rule
- Prudentmanrule
- PT Perseroan Terbatas
- Purchase Money Security Interest (PMSI)
- Quasi Contract
- Quasi Public Corporation
- Quick Rinse Bankruptcy
- Quid Pro Quo
- Racketeering
- Reaffirmation
- Reasonable Doubt
- Reasonableness Standard
- Recapture Clause
- Recapture Provision
- Reciprocal Statutes
- Reclamation
- Redacted
- Redlining
- Register
- Registration Right
- Regulated Market
- Regulation 9
- Regulation AA
- Regulation B
- Regulation BB
- Regulation C
- Regulation F (Interbank Liabilities)
- Regulation N
- Regulation P
- Regulation V
- Regulation X
- Regulationa
- Regulationd
- Regulationm
- Regulationu
- Remainderman
- Reorganization
- Repudiation
- Requisitioned Property
- Rescission
- Restrictionact
- Retract
- Revlon Rule
- Right of Redemption
- Right of Rescission
- Right-to-Work Law
- Robinson-Patman Act
- Rulesoffairpractice
- Form S-8
- S4
- Safe Harbor
- Sale of Crown Jewels
- Schedule 13D
- Schedule TO
- Seact1934
- SEC Form 1 A
- SEC Form 10
- SEC Form 10 12G
- SEC Form 15
- SEC Form 15 15D
- SEC Form 18 12B
- SEC Form 20Fr12B
- SEC Form 25
- SEC Form 305B2
- SEC Form 424B2
- SEC Form 424B3
- SEC Form 424B4
- SEC Form 424B5
- SEC Form 497
- SEC Form ARS
- SEC Form D
- SEC Form DEF 14A
- SEC Form Defm14A
- SEC Form F 1
- SEC Form F 3
- SEC Form F 4
- SEC Form F 10
- SEC Form F 10 12B
- SEC Form N 1A
- SEC Form N 2
- SEC Form N 4
- SEC Form N 14
- SEC Form N 30B 2
- SEC Form PRE 14A
- SEC Form PRE 14C
- SEC Form Prer14A
- SEC Form Px14A6G
- SEC Form S 1
- SEC Form S 3
- SEC MEF Filings
- SEC POS Am Filing
- Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act (SMMEA)
- Secrule147
- Section 16
- Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act
- Securities Act of 1933
- Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- Security Agreement
- Segregation
- Self-Tender Defense
- Selling Away
- Senate Bill
- Separation Powers
- Series 14
- Series 23
- Series 34
- Series 52
- Series 53
- Series 62
- Series 79
- Series 82
- Series 86 87
- Series3
- Series4
- Series6
- Series9 10
- Series11
- Series24
- Series26
- Series27
- Series30
- Series31
- Series55
- Service Mark
- Severability
- Shariah
- Shell Corporation
- Sherman Antitrust Act
- Short-Swing Profit Rule
- Shotgun Clause
- Sick Industrial Companies Act (SICA)
- Sixteenth Amendment
- Slander
- Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
- Social Security Act
- Societe Anonyme (SA)
- Softmoney
- Special Administrative Region (SAR)
- Special Employer
- Special Power Attorney
- Spinning
- SRA
- SRO
- Staggers Act
- Stalking Horse Bid
- Stare Decisis
- Statute of Frauds
- Statutoryvoting
- Stipulated Judgment
- Straw Buying
- Student Visa
- Subpoena
- Suitable
- Sunrise Provision
- Sunset Provision
- Sunshinelaws
- Sweetheartdeal
- Taft-Hartley Act
- Take-or-Pay Contract
- Termination Clause
- Termination Date
- Termination Event
- Third Party Beneficiary
- Thresholdlist
- Topping Up Clause
- Tort Law
- Tortfeasor
- Trailer Interchange Agreement
- Treble Damages
- Triggering Event
- Triggering Term
- Trust Property
- Trustdeed
- Trustindentureactof1933
- Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
- Truth in Savings Act
- UCC-1 Financing Statement
- UDAAP
- ULC
- Ultra Vires
- UMA
- Unemployment Compensation Amendment 1992
- Unfair Trade Practice
- Unicameral System
- Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
- Uniform Consumer Credit Code
- Uniform Partnership Act (UPA)
- Uniform Prudent Investor Act
- Uniform Simultaneous Death Act
- Unintentional Tort
- Unsuitable
- U.S. Department Health and Human Services HHS
- Usufruct
- Usury Laws
- Utility Patent
- Vis Major
- Void Contract
- Void Transaction
- Volcker Rule
- Voluntary Lien
- Voluntary Trust
- Voluntarycompliance
- Wage Assignment
- Wage Earner Plan
- Waiver of Exemption
- Wanton Disregard
- Warehouse Receipt
- Warranty
- Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970
- Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act
- Wellsnotice
- Willful Blindness
- Williamsact
- Winding Up
- Work Product Doctrine
- Writ
- Writ of Attachment
- Writ of Execution
- Writ of Mandamus
- Writofseizureandsale
- Wrongful Death
- Wrongful Termination
- X Mark Signature
- Yugen Kaisha
- Zombie Debt
- 3C1
- 3C7
- 8 K
- 341 Meeting (Meeting of Creditors)
- 500 Shareholder Threshold
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