Law

Items

• dishonoured cheque

  A cheque that the bank on which it is drawn declines to pay (“honour”)
• dissent

  Divergence, contrary opinion, disagreement
• doctrine

  A single important rule, a set of rules, a theory, or a principle that is widely followed.
• doctrine of stare decisis

  The doctrine that courts are bound by their previous judicial decisions, as well as decisions of the courts superior to them.
• dominant impression test

  A legal test that must be applied to determine whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee
• donation

  A donation is any gratuitous (free or at no charge) disposal of property including any gratuitous waiver or renunciation of a right.
• duress

  Compulsion or coercion, by threat or force.
• elected representative

  A representative who has been elected to act on behalf of a group of people.
• employee

  Any person, excluding an independent contractor, who works for another person or for the State and who receives, or is entitled to receive, any remuneration
• employer

  An organisation or individual that hires people and provides compensation in return for their work
• employment contract

  An agreement that is extended from an employer to an employee to set the terms and conditions of their employment relationship
• engagement

  A contract between two parties recording their intentions to marry and this commitment is done before witnesses
• essential elements

  The important things that must be present for a contract or right to exist
• equality

  The full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms by all human beings
• ex officio

  By virtue of the office
• exclusive jurisdiction

  One court has the power to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts
• expressly

  In direct or unmistakable terms
• eviction order

  A directive of the court for the removal of a tenant from the property where they reside
• fictitious person

  A supposed but in fact nonexistent person / a legal entity / artificial person
• foreign law

  The law of another country
• full bench

  When all the judges of a certain court sit together to hear a case
• good faith

  Honest intent to act without taking an unfair advantage over another person or to fulfill a promise to act
• government

  The system or group of people governing an organised community, generally a state
• green paper

  A government policy discussion paper that details specific issues, and then points out possible courses of action in terms of policy and legislation
• habitatio

  Refers to the right to live in someone else's house without paying rent