sexual harassment. A type of employment discrimination consisting in verbal or physical abuse of a sexual nature. See HARASSMENT. [Cases: Civil Rights 1181. C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 11, 53–55.] hostile-environment sexual harassment. Sexual harassment in which a work environment is created where an employee is subject to unwelcome verbal or physical sexual behavior that is […]
hazard, n. 1. Danger or peril; esp., a contributing factor to a peril. See PERIL. extraordinary hazard. Workers’ compensation. An unusual occupational danger that is increased by the acts of employees other than the injured worker. — Also termed extraordinary danger. [Cases: Workers’ Compensation 511–520, 678. C.J.S. Workmen’s Compensation §§ 288–304, 338, 409, 420, 424.]
An arrangement by which both parents share the responsibility for and authority over the child at all times, although one parent may exercise primary physical custody. • In most jurisdictions, there is a rebuttable presumption that joint custody is in the child’s best interests. Joint-custody arrangements are favored unless there is so much animosity between
presence, n. 1. The state or fact of being in a particular place and time (his presence at the scene saved two lives). 2. Close physical proximity coupled with awareness (the agent was in the presence of the principal). constructive presence. 1. Criminal law. Legal imputation of having been at a crime scene, based on
denial, n. 1. A refusal or rejection; esp., a court’s refusal to grant a request presented in a motion or petition (denial of the motion for summary judgment). 2. A defendant’s response controverting the facts that a plaintiff has alleged in a complaint; a repudiation (the worker filed a denial alleging that physical contact never
dissemble (di-sem-b[schwa]l), vb. 1. Archaic. To physically disguise (to dissemble by wearing a mask). 2. To give a false impression about (something); to cover up (something) by deception (to dissemble the facts).
patentable subject matter. Things that by law can be patented; any machine, process, manufacture, or material composition, or an improvement to such things, that (1) is discovered or invented, (2) is new and useful, and (3) meets the statutory conditions and requirements to qualify for a patent. • Patents may be issued for “any new
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