credit bureau. An organization that compiles information on people’s creditworthiness and publishes it in the form of reports that are used chiefly by merchants and service providers who deal directly with customers. • The practices of credit bureaus are regulated by federal (and often state) law. Most bureaus are members of the Associated Credit Bureaus […]
wear and tear. Deterioration caused by ordinary use; the depreciation of property resulting from its reasonable use (the tenant is not liable for normal wear and tear to the leased premises). — Also termed fair wear and tear; natural wear and tear. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 55. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant § 260.] “ ‘Fair
correspondent, n. 1. The writer of a letter or letters. 2. A person employed by the media to report on events. 3. A securities firm or financial institution that performs services for another in a place or market that the other does not have direct access to. — correspond, vb.
Sexual harassment in which a work environment is created where an employee is subject to unwelcome verbal or physical sexual behavior that is either severe or pervasive. • This type of harassment might occur, for example, if a group of coworkers repeatedly e-mailed pornographic pictures to a colleague who found the pictures offensive. [Cases: Civil
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Punishment intended to prevent a repetition of wrongdoing by disabling the offender. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 42. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1472, 1479, 1492–1495, 1530.]
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disciplinary proceeding. An action brought to reprimand, suspend, or expel a licensed professional or other person from a profession or other group because of unprofessional, unethical, improper, or illegal conduct. • A disciplinary proceeding against a lawyer may result in the lawyer’s being suspended or disbarred from practice. [Cases: Licenses 38. C.J.S. Agriculture § 4.5;
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licitari (lis-[schwa]-tair-ee), vb. [Latin] Roman law. To bid for an item, esp. repeatedly during the same sale. — Also termed liceri.
neighboring right. (usu. pl.) Copyright. An intellectual-property right of a performer or of an entrepreneur such as a publisher, broadcaster, or producer, as distinguished from a moral right belonging to an author or artist as the work’s creator. • In civil-law systems, neighboring rights and moral rights are typically protected by different laws, while in
Law French. The corrupted form of the Norman French language that arose in England in the centuries after William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066 and that was used for several centuries as the primary language of the English legal system; the Anglo-French used in medieval England in judicial proceedings, pleadings, and lawbooks. — Abbr.
A geographical unit of a state from which one member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected. [Cases: United States 10. C.J.S. United States § 19.]
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