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Anti-trust
Anti-trust(USA) "Anti-trust" legislation is designed to prevent businesses from price-setting or other secret collaboration which circumvents the natural forces of a free market economy and gives those engaging in the anti-trust conduct, a covert competitive edge. Also known as "anti-combines" or "competition" legislation. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Legislation Written and approved laws. Also known as "statutes" or "acts." In constitutional law, one would talk of the "power to legislate" or the "legislative arm of government" referring to the power of political bodies (eg: house of assembly, Congress, Parliament) to write the laws of the land. Secret That which is not to be revealed. 2) Rights. A knowledge of something which is unknown to orthers, out of which a profit may be made; for example, an invention of a machine, or the discovery of the effect of the combination of certain matters. Free "1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods. Market A public place appointed by public authority, where all sorts of things necessary for the subsistence, or for the conveniences of life, are sold. Anti-trust (USA) "Anti-trust" legislation is designed to prevent businesses from price-setting or other secret collaboration which circumvents the natural forces of a free market economy and gives those engaging in the anti-trust conduct, a covert competitive edge. Also known as "anti-combines" or "competition" legislation. Conduct Law of nations. This term is used in the phrase safe conduct, to signify the security given, by authority of the government, under the great seal, to a stranger, for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which it has jurisdiction. Covert French covrir, to cover. 1. Covered, protected. 2. Implied, inferred. 3. Under the disability of marriage; married. Discovert meaning unmarried, whether said of a widow or of a spinster. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Anti-manifesto The declaration of the reasons which one of the belligerents publishes, to show that the war as to him is defensive. Anti-suit injunction An extraordinary procedure where a court issues an order to the effect that proceedings in a second jurisdiction should not proceed. The injunction is usually 1) based on the principle of forum non conveniens (infra); and requires 2) that the first court is more convenient to the parties; 3) a motion of forum non conveniens has been made in the second jurisdiction and has failed; and 4) that the complainant will not be unduly disadvantaged by proceeding in the first jurisdiction. Examples of the injunction are cases where real (immoveable) property in the first jurisdiction is involved or where there is a jurisdiction or arbitration clause calling for proceedings in the first jurisdiction or where a law of the first jurisdiction specifically forbids suit on a certain subject, e.g. claims for damages caused by asbestos produced in the first jurisdiction. Antichresis Contracts. A word used in the civil law to denote the contract by which a creditor acquires the right of reaping the fruit or other revenues of the immovables given to him in pledge, on condition of deducting, annually, their proceeds from the interest, if any is due to him, and afterwards from the principal of his debt. Anticipation The act of doing or taking a thing before its proper time. Antinomy A term used in the civil law to signify the real or apparent contradiction between two laws or two decisions. Antiqua customa English law. A duty or imposition which was collected on wool, wool-felts, and leather, was so called. Antiqua statuta In England the statutes are divided into new and ancient statutes; since the time of memory; those from the time 1 R. I. to E. III., are called antiqua statuta – those made since, nova statuta. Antithetarius Old English law. The name given to a man who endeavors to discharge himself of the crime of which he is accused, by retorting the charge on the accuser. Antitrust acts Federal and state statutes to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints, price discriminations, price fixing, and monopolies. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Antinomy A term used in the civil law to signify the real or apparent contradiction between two laws or two decisions. Antiqua customa English law. A duty or imposition which was collected on wool, wool-felts, and leather, was so called. Antiqua statuta In England the statutes are divided into new and ancient statutes; since the time of memory; those from the time 1 R. I. to E. III., are called antiqua statuta – those made since, nova statuta. Anti-suit injunction An extraordinary procedure where a court issues an order to the effect that proceedings in a second jurisdiction should not proceed. The injunction is usually 1) based on the principle of forum non conveniens (infra); and requires 2) that the first court is more convenient to the parties; 3) a motion of forum non conveniens has been made in the second jurisdiction and has failed; and 4) that the complainant will not be unduly disadvantaged by proceeding in the first jurisdiction. Examples of the injunction are cases where real (immoveable) property in the first jurisdiction is involved or where there is a jurisdiction or arbitration clause calling for proceedings in the first jurisdiction or where a law of the first jurisdiction specifically forbids suit on a certain subject, e.g. claims for damages caused by asbestos produced in the first jurisdiction. Antithetarius Old English law. The name given to a man who endeavors to discharge himself of the crime of which he is accused, by retorting the charge on the accuser. Anti-trust Antitrust acts Federal and state statutes to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints, price discriminations, price fixing, and monopolies. Anton piller order An ex parte injunction used in U.K. and British Commonwealth jurisdictions, whereby the court authorizes a party to a civil action to enter and search premises and to inspect, photograph and/or remove property specified in the order which may be the subject-matter of, or be evidence in, the action. The order is only granted in exceptional circumstances. Apartments A part of a house occupied by a person, while the rest is occupied by another, or others. Apostacy English law. A total renunciation of the Christian religion, and differs from heresy. Apostles In the British courts of admiralty, when a party appeals from a decision made against him, he prays apostles from the judge, which are brief letters of dismission, stating the case, and declaring that the record will be transmitted. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Anti-trust. 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