Law

Items

• negotiation

  The deliberation, discussion, or conference upon the terms of a proposed agreement / process of parties bargaining in an attempt to reach an agreement
• negotiation of a cheque

  A signed document that promises a payment to a specified person or assignee
• nomine officio (no)

  In his or her official capacity
• non-essential element

  The things that need not be present for a contract or right to exist
• norms

  An accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people agree with
• notary,

  A publicly commissioned official who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of a legal document / a person authorized by law to administer oaths, certify documents and signatures, and perform other official commercial duties
• nuisance
• obiter dictum

  A comment, suggestion, or observation made by a judge in an opinion that is not necessary to resolve the case / something said in passing
• obligation

  A legal bond by which one or more parties are bound to act or refrain from acting
• occupation

  Fairly permanent trade, profession, employment, business or means of livelihood.
• offer

  A specific proposal to enter into an agreement with another
• onus

  Burden / the responsibility or duty to do something
• oppose

  To act against or provide resistance to
• organisation test

  A test used to determine whether a person is a worker or an independent operator
• outstanding condition

  Remaining undischarged
• paralegal

  A professional, qualified by education, training, or experience, who performs legal duties to help licensed lawyers / legal assistant
• parallel citation

  An additional reference to a legal precedent or authority that has been reported in more than one reporter
• parallel transverse lines

  The lines that do not intersect or meet each other at any point / lines that pass through two lines lying in the same plane at two distinct points
• paternalism

  The interference of a state or an individual with another person, against their will, and defended or motivated by a claim that the person interfered with will be better off or protected from harm
• partners

  Co-owners and investors in a "partnership" which is an on-going business enterprise entered into for profit
• participatory democracy

  A form of government in which citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies that affect their lives, rather than through elected representatives
• party

  A person or entity who takes part in a legal transaction
• passing of risk

  The point at which the buyer will be responsible for the goods
• penal jurisdiction

  The authority to hear and try a particular offense and impose the punishment for it
• pending matter

  Any litigation which has been commenced in any court or tribunal and which is not finally determined at exit day