Federal legislation in the US from 1890 that prohibits creating monopolies by the outlawing of indirect and direct attempts that will interfere with the competitive and free nature of the […]

a term for the statute that forbids monopoly, price fixing and the restraint of trade .

A word used by the authorities of the Roman Church, to specify contemptuously the technical parts of the law, as administered by non-clerical lawyers. Wharton.

4 step process of quality control. 1. Plan, 2. Do, 3. Check, 4. Act. Named after Dr Walter Shewart, mathematician who proposed this idea.

In English law . To be quit of attachment in a court, in plaints shewed and not avowed. Obsolete.

A foreign company using the yen to make a transaction in Japan. Refer to daimyo, geisha, samurai, and shogun.

Same as a samuri bond that is sold to investors by the issuer.

a law that will protect an informant’s right to conceal his source of information .

Conducts any ambient noise to the ground and allows for clear transmissions of a high quality. Used where cables pass near motors, TVs, transformers.

Changing; varying; passing from one person to another by substitution . ” Shifting the burden of proof ” is transferring it from one party to the other, or from one […]

a clause that allows a different distribution of property than that was originally prescribed.

This occurs when the transfer of the burden of proof is from one side of the court to the other and can happen when a defendant makes a convincing denial […]

A corporate executive officer responsible for identifying the duties of the board of directors within the single board system in Japan.

A term in Japan where employees are aware, through training, of an organisations norms, culture , principles, objectives, traditions, methods of operation and its value system .

In English law . The name of an English coin, of the value of one- twentieth part of a pound. This denomination of money was also used in America, in […]

Formerly, a jocose term for a bank-note greatly depreciated in value; also for paper money of a denomina SHIP 1084

These are the documents that are carried by all ships on the high seas that shows nationality , port of origin , ports of call, cargo and the proof of […]

A vessel of any kind employed in navigation . In a more restricted and more technical sense, a three-masted vessel navigated with sails. The term “ship” or “shipping,” when used […]

In maritime law . To put on board a ship; to send by ship. To engage to serve on board a vessel as a seaman.

The documents that are carried by a ship to allow it to meet all customs, immigration , health and safety requirements of its country of origin and all the ports […]

The inventory that is on aship to meet all of its requirements on a daily basis. It includes water, food, safety and medical supplies and spare parts for example. See […]

The cargo that is transported under a single air way bill or bill of lading . Also known as a consignment .

A contract for sale where the seller takes the risk of loss until the goods arrive at its destination . See destination contract .

This term, in common maritime and commercial usage, means “placed on board of a vessel for the purchaser or consignee, to be transported at his risk.” Fisher v. Minot, 10 […]

A B/L certifying that the goods have been received in good order and in a good condition from the shipper and have been put aboard the right vessel on the […]