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At will employment
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At will employmentThe concept in employment law that says an employee serves "at the will" of the employer and can be terminated with or without cause. The concept has been modified by labor law and is not applicable to independent contractors who perform and are paid according to the terms of their contract.
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Employment
An employment is an office.
Employee
One who is authorized to act for another; a mandatory.
Employer
One who has engaged or hired the services of another. He is entitled to rights and bound to perform duties.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.
Labor
Continued operation; work.
Contract
A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract.
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At will
An employment situation where the employee is not protected from arbitrary firing -- the employee works only at the pleasure of management and may be terminated at any time for no reason. Contrast "For cause."
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Asylee
An alien in the United States or at a port of entry who is found to be unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of nationality, or to seek the protection of that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. Persecution or the fear thereof must be based on the alien’s race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. For persons with no nationality, the country of nationality is considered to be the country in which the alien last habitually resided.
Asylum
A place, of refuge where debtors and criminals fled for safety.
At issue
The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated their claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.
At law
This phrase is used to point out that a thing is to be doneaccording to the course of the common law. In many cases when there is no remedy at law, one will be affordedin equity.
At will
An employment situation where the employee is not protected from arbitrary firing -- the employee works only at the pleasure of management and may be terminated at any time for no reason. Contrast "For cause."
At will employment
Atavus
The male ascendant in the fifth degree, was so called among the Romans, and in tables of genealogy the term is still employed.
Atheist
One who denies the existence of God.
Athens passenger convention
The Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea, adopted at Athens on December 13, 1974.
Attache
Connected with, attached to. This word is used to signify those persons who are attached to a foreign legation. An attache is a public minister which protects from violence "the person of an ambassador or other public minister."
Attachment
Crim. law, practice. A writ requiring a sheriff to apprehend a particular person, who has been guilty of. a contempt of court, and to bring the offender before the court.
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Employment
An employment is an office.
Employee
One who is authorized to act for another; a mandatory.
Employer
One who has engaged or hired the services of another. He is entitled to rights and bound to perform duties.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Cause
1) Civil law. It signifies the delivery of the thing, or the accomplishment of the act which is the object of a convention. 2) It is the consideration or motive for making a contract. 3) Pleading. The reason; the motive. 4) Practice. A contested question before a court of justice; it is a Suit or action.
Labor
Continued operation; work.
Contract
A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
At will
An employment situation where the employee is not protected from arbitrary firing -- the employee works only at the pleasure of management and may be terminated at any time for no reason. Contrast "For cause."
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Asylee
An alien in the United States or at a port of entry who is found to be unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of nationality, or to seek the protection of that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. Persecution or the fear thereof must be based on the alien’s race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. For persons with no nationality, the country of nationality is considered to be the country in which the alien last habitually resided.
Asylum
A place, of refuge where debtors and criminals fled for safety.
At issue
The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated their claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.
At law
This phrase is used to point out that a thing is to be doneaccording to the course of the common law. In many cases when there is no remedy at law, one will be affordedin equity.
At will
An employment situation where the employee is not protected from arbitrary firing -- the employee works only at the pleasure of management and may be terminated at any time for no reason. Contrast "For cause."
At will employment
Atavus
The male ascendant in the fifth degree, was so called among the Romans, and in tables of genealogy the term is still employed.
Atheist
One who denies the existence of God.
Athens passenger convention
The Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea, adopted at Athens on December 13, 1974.
Attache
Connected with, attached to. This word is used to signify those persons who are attached to a foreign legation. An attache is a public minister which protects from violence "the person of an ambassador or other public minister."
Attachment
Crim. law, practice. A writ requiring a sheriff to apprehend a particular person, who has been guilty of. a contempt of court, and to bring the offender before the court.
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