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Collective agreement
Collective agreementA collective agreement is one made between an employer (or employers' association) and a trade union governing the relationship between the parties. It will only be legally binding upon the parties if in writing and if it states it has legal status. Some of the terms and conditions of individual employment of those employees may be covered by a collective agreement. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Agreement A verbal or written resolution of disputes. Employer One who has engaged or hired the services of another. He is entitled to rights and bound to perform duties. Trade In its most extensive signification this word includes all sorts of dealings by way of Bale or exchange. In a more limited sense it signifies the dealings in a particular business, as the India trade; by trade is also understood the business of a particular mechanic, hence boys are said to be put apprentices to learn a trade, as the trade of a carpenter, shoemaker, and the like. Union By this word is understood the United States of America; as, all good citizens will support the Union. Parties Contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement. Will A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed. Writing The act of forming by the hand letters or characters of a particular kind on paper or other suitable substance, and artfully putting them together so as to co nvey ideas. It differs from printing, which is the formation of words on paper or other proper substance by means of a stamp. Sometimes by writing ii understood printing, and sometimes printing and writing mixed. States By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general. Legal That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust. Status The condition of persons. It also means estate, because it signifies the condition or circumstances in which the owner stands with regard to his property. Employment An employment is an office. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Collate To arrange in order; verify arrangement of pages before binding or fastening; put together. Collateral Collateralis. From latus, a side; that which is sideways, and not direct. Collateral assurance Contracts. That which is made over and above the deed itself. Collateral descendant A descendant that is not direct, such as a niece or a cousin. Collateral frauds Fraudulent representing collateral for loans that (1) does not exist, (2) is not owned by the loan applicant, or (3) is grossly over-valued, or some or all of these. Collateral heir A collateral heir is one who is not of the direct line of the deceased, but comes from a collateral line; as, a brother, sister, an uncle and aunt, a nephew, niece, or cousin of the deceased. Collateral issue Practice, pleading. Where a criminal convict pleads any matter, allowed by law, in bar of execution; as pregnancy, a pardon, and the like. Collateral kinsmen Descent, distribution. Those who descend from one and the same common ancestor, but not from one another; thus brothers and sisters are collateral to each other; the uncle and the nephew are collateral kinmen, and cousins are the same. Collateral security Contracts. A separate obligation attached to another contract, to guaranty its performance. By this term is also meant the transfer of property or of other contracts to insure the performance of a principal engagement. Collateral source rule A rule of tort law which holds that the tortfeasor is not allowed to deduct from the amount he or she would be held to pay to the victim of the tort, any goods, services or money received by that victim from other "collateral" sources as a result of the tort (eg. insurance benefits). Collatio bonorum Descent, distribution. Where a portion or money advanced to a son or daughter, is brought into botchpot, in order to have an equal distributive share of the ancestor's personal estate. Collation 1) Descents. Collation -of goods is the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession, which an heir makes of the property he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property may be divided, together with the other effects of the succession. 2) Ecclesiastical law. The act by which the bishop, who has the bestowing of a benefice, gives it to an incumbent. 3) Practice. The comparison of a copy with its original, in order to ascertain its correctness and conformity; the report of the officer who made the comparison, is also called a collation. Collation of seals Where, on the same label, one seal was set on the back or reverse of the other, this was said to be a collation of seals. Collective mark Trademark or service mark used by members of a cooperative, an association, or other collective group or organization. Collective work Defined in the Copyright Act as a work in which a number of contributions constituting separate and independent works in themselves are assembled into a collective whole, such as a newspaper. Collector Officer. One appointed to receive taxes or other impositions College A civil corporation, society or company, authorized by law, having in general a literary object. Collision convention The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with Respect to Collision Between Vessels, adopted at Brussels, September 23, 1910 and in force as of March 1, 1913. Collistrigium The pillory. Collocation French law. The act by which the creditors of an estate are arranged in the order in which they are to be paid according to law. The order in which the creditors-are placed, is also called collocation. Colloquim Pleading. A discourse a conversation or conference. Collude In the context of Fraud, to act together for a fraudulent purpose. Collusion Fraud. An agreement between two or more persons, to defraud a person of his rights by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Collateral security Contracts. A separate obligation attached to another contract, to guaranty its performance. By this term is also meant the transfer of property or of other contracts to insure the performance of a principal engagement. Collateral source rule A rule of tort law which holds that the tortfeasor is not allowed to deduct from the amount he or she would be held to pay to the victim of the tort, any goods, services or money received by that victim from other "collateral" sources as a result of the tort (eg. insurance benefits). Collatio bonorum Descent, distribution. Where a portion or money advanced to a son or daughter, is brought into botchpot, in order to have an equal distributive share of the ancestor's personal estate. Collation 1) Descents. Collation -of goods is the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession, which an heir makes of the property he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property may be divided, together with the other effects of the succession. 2) Ecclesiastical law. The act by which the bishop, who has the bestowing of a benefice, gives it to an incumbent. 3) Practice. The comparison of a copy with its original, in order to ascertain its correctness and conformity; the report of the officer who made the comparison, is also called a collation. Collation of seals Where, on the same label, one seal was set on the back or reverse of the other, this was said to be a collation of seals. Collective agreement Collective mark Trademark or service mark used by members of a cooperative, an association, or other collective group or organization. Collective work Defined in the Copyright Act as a work in which a number of contributions constituting separate and independent works in themselves are assembled into a collective whole, such as a newspaper. Collector Officer. One appointed to receive taxes or other impositions College A civil corporation, society or company, authorized by law, having in general a literary object. Collision convention The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with Respect to Collision Between Vessels, adopted at Brussels, September 23, 1910 and in force as of March 1, 1913. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Collective agreement. If you have a better definition for Collective agreement than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Collective agreement may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Collective agreement and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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