13 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Law; Legal services > General law
General law
Common terminology used in legal business.
Industry: Law; Legal services
Add a new termContributors in General law
General law
Hands-off agreement
Legal services; General law
A contractual provision between an employer and a former employee prohibiting the employee from using information learned during his employement.
Hand formula
Law; General law
A balancing test for determining whether conduct has created unreasonable risk of harm.
Pettifogger
Law; General law
A lawyer lacking in education, ability, sound judgment, or common sense.
Delay
Law; General law
The act of postponig or slowing; an instance at which something is postponed or slowed.
Degree of crime
Law; General law
A division or classification of a single crime into several grades of guilt, according to the circumstances.
