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Direction
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Direction1) The order and government of an institution; the persons who compose the board of directors are jointly called the direction. 2) Practice. That part of a bill in chancery which contains the address of the bill to the court.
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Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
Institution
1) Ecclesiastical law. The act by which the ordinary commits the cure of souls to a person presented to a benefice. 2) Political law. That which has been established and settled by law for the public good; 3) Practice. The commencement of an action.
Board
This word is used to designate all the magistrates of a city or borough, or all the managers or directors of any institution; as, the board of aldermen; the board of directors of the Bank of North America. The majority of the board have in general the power to perform the acts of the whole board, but sometimes they are restrained by their charters, and it requires a greater number to perform certain acts.
Directors
Persons who are appointed to the board of directors under procedures contained in the Articles of Association are the directors of the company. Shadow directors may also be treated as directors in some circumstances. Executives whose job title describe them as a director but are not members of the board are not treated as directors, although they may have ostensible authority to bind the company as if they were.
Direction
1) The order and government of an institution; the persons who compose the board of directors are jointly called the direction. 2) Practice. That part of a bill in chancery which contains the address of the bill to the court.
Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Bill
1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty.
Address
Chan. Pleading. That part of a bill which contains the appropriate andtechnical description of the court where the plaintiff seeks his remedy.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
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Direct
Straight forward; not collateral.
Direct action
The right of a third party who has a claim in responsibility against an insured to proceed directly by suit against the insurer, usually because the insured has been declared bankrupt or has become insolvent. In most jurisdictions, direct action is permitted only by statute.
Direct capitalization
The capitalization method used to convert an estimate of a single year's income expectancy or any annual average of several years' income expectancies into an indication of value in one step, either by dividing the income estimated by an appropriate rate or by multiplying the income estimate by an appropriate factor.
Direct evidence
That which applies immediately to the fadum probandum, without any intervening process.
Direct examination
The initial questioning of a witness called to the stand by an attorney.
Direct inward system access
A feature on PBX (Private Branch Exchange) telephone equipment that is vulnerable to fraud. It is used to allow people outside of the office to call anywhere in the world through the DISA port using a toll-free number and a PIN (Personal Identification Number). Hackers attack the PBX through the toll-free number and try to break in by guessing the PIN. If successful, the hackers can use the telephone network of the victim to place calls billed back to the victim.
Direct payment
Child or spousal support paid directly to the parent who has custody by the parent who does not have custody.
Directed verdict
In a case in which the plaintiff has failed to present on the facts of his case proper evidence for jury consideration, the trial judge may order the entry of a verdict without allowing the jury to consider it.
Directors
Persons who are appointed to the board of directors under procedures contained in the Articles of Association are the directors of the company. Shadow directors may also be treated as directors in some circumstances. Executives whose job title describe them as a director but are not members of the board are not treated as directors, although they may have ostensible authority to bind the company as if they were.
Directors register
The Directors Register is one of the statutory registers that the company is required to maintain showing details of the directors and secretary. Name, address, occupation, nationality, date of birth and other directorships are recorded.
Directory
That which points out a thing or course of proceeding.
Directory advertising schemes
Fraudulent invoices claiming that the company is listed in a business directory and requesting payment. There may or may not be such a directory, and the directory may or may not ever be distributed or distributed as widely as claimed. For certain, no one ever ordered or authorized the directory advertisement.
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Direct evidence
That which applies immediately to the fadum probandum, without any intervening process.
Direct examination
The initial questioning of a witness called to the stand by an attorney.
Direct inward system access
A feature on PBX (Private Branch Exchange) telephone equipment that is vulnerable to fraud. It is used to allow people outside of the office to call anywhere in the world through the DISA port using a toll-free number and a PIN (Personal Identification Number). Hackers attack the PBX through the toll-free number and try to break in by guessing the PIN. If successful, the hackers can use the telephone network of the victim to place calls billed back to the victim.
Direct payment
Child or spousal support paid directly to the parent who has custody by the parent who does not have custody.
Directed verdict
In a case in which the plaintiff has failed to present on the facts of his case proper evidence for jury consideration, the trial judge may order the entry of a verdict without allowing the jury to consider it.
Direction
Directors
Persons who are appointed to the board of directors under procedures contained in the Articles of Association are the directors of the company. Shadow directors may also be treated as directors in some circumstances. Executives whose job title describe them as a director but are not members of the board are not treated as directors, although they may have ostensible authority to bind the company as if they were.
Directors register
The Directors Register is one of the statutory registers that the company is required to maintain showing details of the directors and secretary. Name, address, occupation, nationality, date of birth and other directorships are recorded.
Directory
That which points out a thing or course of proceeding.
Directory advertising schemes
Fraudulent invoices claiming that the company is listed in a business directory and requesting payment. There may or may not be such a directory, and the directory may or may not ever be distributed or distributed as widely as claimed. For certain, no one ever ordered or authorized the directory advertisement.
Dirimant impediments
Canon law. Those bars to a marriage, which, if consummated, render it null.
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Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
Institution
1) Ecclesiastical law. The act by which the ordinary commits the cure of souls to a person presented to a benefice. 2) Political law. That which has been established and settled by law for the public good; 3) Practice. The commencement of an action.
Board
This word is used to designate all the magistrates of a city or borough, or all the managers or directors of any institution; as, the board of aldermen; the board of directors of the Bank of North America. The majority of the board have in general the power to perform the acts of the whole board, but sometimes they are restrained by their charters, and it requires a greater number to perform certain acts.
Directors
Persons who are appointed to the board of directors under procedures contained in the Articles of Association are the directors of the company. Shadow directors may also be treated as directors in some circumstances. Executives whose job title describe them as a director but are not members of the board are not treated as directors, although they may have ostensible authority to bind the company as if they were.
Direction
1) The order and government of an institution; the persons who compose the board of directors are jointly called the direction. 2) Practice. That part of a bill in chancery which contains the address of the bill to the court.
Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Bill
1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty.
Address
Chan. Pleading. That part of a bill which contains the appropriate andtechnical description of the court where the plaintiff seeks his remedy.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Direct
Straight forward; not collateral.
Direct action
The right of a third party who has a claim in responsibility against an insured to proceed directly by suit against the insurer, usually because the insured has been declared bankrupt or has become insolvent. In most jurisdictions, direct action is permitted only by statute.
Direct capitalization
The capitalization method used to convert an estimate of a single year's income expectancy or any annual average of several years' income expectancies into an indication of value in one step, either by dividing the income estimated by an appropriate rate or by multiplying the income estimate by an appropriate factor.
Direct evidence
That which applies immediately to the fadum probandum, without any intervening process.
Direct examination
The initial questioning of a witness called to the stand by an attorney.
Direct inward system access
A feature on PBX (Private Branch Exchange) telephone equipment that is vulnerable to fraud. It is used to allow people outside of the office to call anywhere in the world through the DISA port using a toll-free number and a PIN (Personal Identification Number). Hackers attack the PBX through the toll-free number and try to break in by guessing the PIN. If successful, the hackers can use the telephone network of the victim to place calls billed back to the victim.
Direct payment
Child or spousal support paid directly to the parent who has custody by the parent who does not have custody.
Directed verdict
In a case in which the plaintiff has failed to present on the facts of his case proper evidence for jury consideration, the trial judge may order the entry of a verdict without allowing the jury to consider it.
Directors
Persons who are appointed to the board of directors under procedures contained in the Articles of Association are the directors of the company. Shadow directors may also be treated as directors in some circumstances. Executives whose job title describe them as a director but are not members of the board are not treated as directors, although they may have ostensible authority to bind the company as if they were.
Directors register
The Directors Register is one of the statutory registers that the company is required to maintain showing details of the directors and secretary. Name, address, occupation, nationality, date of birth and other directorships are recorded.
Directory
That which points out a thing or course of proceeding.
Directory advertising schemes
Fraudulent invoices claiming that the company is listed in a business directory and requesting payment. There may or may not be such a directory, and the directory may or may not ever be distributed or distributed as widely as claimed. For certain, no one ever ordered or authorized the directory advertisement.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Direct evidence
That which applies immediately to the fadum probandum, without any intervening process.
Direct examination
The initial questioning of a witness called to the stand by an attorney.
Direct inward system access
A feature on PBX (Private Branch Exchange) telephone equipment that is vulnerable to fraud. It is used to allow people outside of the office to call anywhere in the world through the DISA port using a toll-free number and a PIN (Personal Identification Number). Hackers attack the PBX through the toll-free number and try to break in by guessing the PIN. If successful, the hackers can use the telephone network of the victim to place calls billed back to the victim.
Direct payment
Child or spousal support paid directly to the parent who has custody by the parent who does not have custody.
Directed verdict
In a case in which the plaintiff has failed to present on the facts of his case proper evidence for jury consideration, the trial judge may order the entry of a verdict without allowing the jury to consider it.
Direction
Directors
Persons who are appointed to the board of directors under procedures contained in the Articles of Association are the directors of the company. Shadow directors may also be treated as directors in some circumstances. Executives whose job title describe them as a director but are not members of the board are not treated as directors, although they may have ostensible authority to bind the company as if they were.
Directors register
The Directors Register is one of the statutory registers that the company is required to maintain showing details of the directors and secretary. Name, address, occupation, nationality, date of birth and other directorships are recorded.
Directory
That which points out a thing or course of proceeding.
Directory advertising schemes
Fraudulent invoices claiming that the company is listed in a business directory and requesting payment. There may or may not be such a directory, and the directory may or may not ever be distributed or distributed as widely as claimed. For certain, no one ever ordered or authorized the directory advertisement.
Dirimant impediments
Canon law. Those bars to a marriage, which, if consummated, render it null.
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