A 4,840 square yard parcel of real estate . Refer to hectare.

Compatibility software used to transfer data from one brand of computer to another without altering the appearance of the data.

Software used to read and print documents. The files are in a PDF format.

When a certain area, market, or company is affected the same way by some circumstance, or a media event that is shown at the same time on all stations.

Plastics that are sheets or fibers that are made of polymerized amides, esters, and acrylic derivatives .

Something done or not don intentionally by a person. AKA act of parliament or statute.

see ACT.

A natural event that causes loss. No human force is used and the event cannot be controled. They are insured events. AKA act of nature. Refer to force majeure .

Is done by a third party not involved in the bill, who then agrees to honour the bill. This transaction is known as an act of honour.

A legal event that is caused by the way an individual acts.

Marine insurance that covers cargo sacrifice to keep a vessel safe. The owner takes some percent of the value.

Any accident that is beyond the scope of being prevented by people. See act of God.

An act exercising power or a country that cannot be overturned by the courts.

An insurance policy that protects against losses incurred from war time conflicts or peace time damages as a result of derelict mines or torpedoes.

Any matters of public concern and general knowledge. Latin phrase.

A term employed to designate a locum tennis who is performing the duties of an office to which he does not himself claim title; c. g., “Acting Supervising Archi

Lat. in the civil law . An action or suit; a right or cause of action . It should be noted that this term means both the proceeding to enforce […]

An action for the purpose of compelling a defendant to exhibit a thing or title in his power. It was preparatory to another action, which was always a real action […]

Two names of an action which lay in behalf of a buyer to reduce the contract price , not to cancel the sale; the judex had power, however, to cancel […]

Action depending on the discretion of the judge. In this, unless the defendant would make amends to the plaintiff as dictated by the judge in his discretion, he was liable […]

Latin phrase. An action of good faith or a group of actions where the judge is authorised to take into account equitable considerations.

A class of actions in which the judge might at the trial, ex officio, take into account any equitable circumstances that were presented to him affecting either of the parties […]

An action to restrain the defendant from prosecuting a groundless proceeding or trumped-up charge against the plaintiff. Hunter. Rom. Law, S59.

In the common law. A civil action , as distinguished from a criminal action . Bracton divides personal actions into criminalia et civilia, according as they grow out of crimes […]

Included several actions appropriate to enforce the obligations of a borrower or a lender. Id. 305.