antitrust
adjective
intended to prevent companies from controlling prices and reducing competition
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Relating to the law or laws or the work of lawyers
extraterritorial
adjective
extraterritorial rights allow you to obey your own country’s laws rather than the laws of the country where you are living
judicial
adjective
relating to the judges and courts that are responsible for justice in a country or state
juvenile
adjective
relating to young people who have committed a crime or who are accused of committing a crime
liable
adjective
legally responsible for causing damage or injury, so that you have to pay something or be punished
out-of-court
adjective
an out-of court settlement is an agreement between the people involved in a legal argument that an amount of money will be paid without the case being decided officially in a law court
retroactive
adjective
a retroactive law or decision affects things that have happened since a particular date in the past, before the law was introduced or before the decision was made
retrospective
adjective
a retrospective law or decision affects things that have happened since a particular date in the past, before the law was introduced or before the decision was made
through
adjective, adverb, preposition
if a proposal goes through a parliament, it is accepted by it and becomes law
judicially
adverb
legislatively
adverb
out of court
adverb
retroactively
adverb
retrospectively
adverb
statutorily
adverb
in force
if a law or rule is in force, it is being applied and people must obey it
in open court
in a court of law where the public and journalists are allowed to be present
in order
official documents that are in order are complete, correct, and legal
null and void
with no legal effect
on the books
a law that is on the books is part of the legal system of a country, city etc
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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