Law

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• hate speech

  An expression which goes beyond mere insults or offensive language, and which may infringe the dignity of certain persons or groups.
• head note

  The summary appearing above the decision that summarises the key legal points of the case
• honoured cheque

  A cheque that the bank on which it is drawn accepts to pay
• illegible

  Impossible or hard to read or decipher because of poor handwriting or faded print
• impotence
• independent contractor

  Workers who are engaged to deliver specific results, free from direct control or direction from the client
• index

  A book containing references, alphabetically arranged, to the contents of a series or collection of volume
• individual morality

  Principles and values that guide an individual's behavior and decision-making process
• inchoate cheque

  A cheque signed by a drawer of cheque without completing the material particulars such as date, amount or name of the payee / incomplete cheque
• infrastructure

  Basic facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, such as transportation, power plants, and schools.
• initiation phase

  The period from the date of signing of the Agreement and up to deployment of manpower as per work
• inquisitorial approach

  A system of justice in which the judge conducts an inquiry developing the facts of the litigant's case
• integrity

  Soundness of moral principle and character / fidelity and honesty in the discharge of trusts
• interdict

  A special kind of court order which tells someone to do something, or not to do something.
• interim

  In the meantime / meanwhile
• international law

  Law that governs the relations between nations and sets forth mandates for those nations to abide by
• ius abutendi

  A right to make full use of property even to wasting or destroying it
• judicare

  A delivery system for legal aid through instructing private legal practitioners to represent individual legal aid clients
• jurisdiction

  Both the authority or power of the court to determine a dispute between parties as well as the territory over which the legal authority
• juristic act

  Purposeful lawful act to which the law attaches. The consequences envisaged by the party or parties who performed them
• juristic person

  A non-human entity, such as a corporation, that the law recognises as having many (if not all) of the legal rights and duties of a human being
• jus in re aliena (limited real right)

  A legal right or interest that a person has in someone else's property
• latent defect

  A hidden or concealed defect / one which could not be discovered by reasonable and customary observation or inspection.
• law

  A system of rules that regulate the conduct of a community, and is often enforced by a controlling authority through penalties
• law of civil procedure

  Formal rules and standards that courts follow in that country when adjudicating civil suits