closed-shop contract. A labor agreement requiring an employer to hire and retain only union members and to discharge nonunion members. See closed shop under SHOP. [Cases: Labor Relations 251. C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 10, 230–231, 233, 235–238.]
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An agreement to indemnify against a loss sustained to movable property, wherever its location within the territorial limit set by the policy.
divortium (di-vor-shee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. Divorce; a severance of the marriage tie. • In classical law, no grounds were required. Cf. REPUDIUM. 2. Eccles. law. A decree allowing spouses to separate or declaring their marriage invalid. “Owing to the fact that the church had but slowly made up her mind to know no
scribere est agere (skrI-b[schwa]-ree est aj-[schwa]-ree). [Latin] Hist. To write is to act. “But now it seems clearly to be agreed, that, by the common law and the statute of Edward III, words spoken amount only to a high misdemeanor, and no treason. For they may be spoken in heat, without any intention …. If
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A situation in which divorced parents, although disagreeing on some aspects of child-rearing, allow each other to handle discipline and daily regimens in their own individual ways when with the child.
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fix, n. 1. A dose of an illegal drug (the defendant testified that he robbed the store because he needed to buy a fix). 2. A navigational reading. fix, vb. 1. To announce (an exchange price, interest rate, etc.) (interest was fixed at 6%). 2. To establish (a person’s liability or responsibility) (you cannot fix
propinquity (pr[schwa]-ping-kw[schwa]-tee). The state of being near; specif., kindred or parentage (degrees of propinquity).
e-contract, n. 1. POINT-AND-CLICK AGREEMENT. 2. Any type of contract formed in the course of e-commerce by (1) the interaction of two or more individuals using electronic means, such as e-mail, (2) the interaction of an individual with an electronic agent, such as a computer program, or (3) the interaction of at least two electronic
An agreement in which one party gives as consideration a promise that is so insubstantial as to impose no obligation. • The insubstantial promise renders the contract unenforceable. [Cases: Contracts 10. C.J.S. Contracts § 108.]
The relief, esp. in a settlement, that requires the defendant to take remedial measures as opposed to paying damages. • An example is a defendant-corporation (in an employment-discrimination suit) that agrees to undergo sensitivity training. — Often shortened to therapeutics.
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