grievance procedure. Labor law. A process, consisting of several steps, for the resolution of an employee’s complaint. • The first step usu. occurs at the shop level and is handled by a supervisor. If the grievance is not resolved at the first step, the grievance is appealed in successive steps that vary among collective-bargaining agreements. […]
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feemail (fee-mayl).Slang. 1. An attorney’s fee extorted by intimidation, threats, or pressure. 2. The act or process of extorting such a fee. Cf. BLACKMAIL(1); GRAYMAIL; GREENMAIL(1), (2).
family arrangement. An informal agreement among family members, usu. to distribute property in a manner other than what the law provides for. — Also termed family settlement. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 82. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution § 78.]
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separation. 1. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married, either by mutual consent (often in a written agreement) or by judicial decree; the act of carrying out such an arrangement. — Also termed separation from bed and board. See divorce a mensa et thoro under DIVORCE. [Cases:
parvis (pahr-vis). [fr. Old Fr. pareis “paradise,” fr. Late Latin paradsus “garden,” fr. Greek paradeises] Hist. An academic exercise, such as a moot court. — Also spelled pervise; parvise.
declaration of trust (1)信托宣告；信托声明 对某项动产或不动产拥有普通法上所有权者，可通过信托声明这种行为，承认自己是为他人或特定目的而以信托方式持有该财产。 (2)信托文书；信托契据 指藉以创设信托的法律文书，又可称作「trust instrument」、「trust deed」或「trust agreement」。
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disregard, n. 1. The action of ignoring or treating without proper respect or consideration. 2. The state of being ignored or treated without proper respect or consideration. — disregard, vb. reckless disregard. 1. Conscious indifference to the consequences of an act. [Cases: Automobiles 175(1); Negligence 274. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 756–766; Negligence§§ 104–105, 109.] 2.
grade n. (1)(道路的)坡度；斜坡 (2)(学校的)年级 (3)等级 按一定标准对产品等评定的等级。在刑法中「grades of crime」指犯罪的等级，如一级、二级或三级谋杀罪〔first， second or, third degree murder〕。 v. (4)把(路面等)筑平 (5)评定等级
An agreement to indemnify a leaseholder for the loss of a favorable lease terminated by damage to the property from a peril covered by the policy. • The amount payable is the difference between the rent and the actual rental value of the property, multiplied by the remaining term of the lease.
An easement created by law after an owner of two parcels of land uses one parcel to benefit the other to such a degree that, upon the sale of the benefited parcel, the purchaser could reasonably expect the use to be included in the sale. — Also termed easement by implication; way of necessity. [Cases: