Tenure, in the legal sense, refers to the medieval arrangements of land use between lords and tenants where the tenants provided service in exchange for use of the land. Today, tenure can sometimes refer broadly to a person’s right to use...
LIFE EVENTS
termination
An ending of employment (such as a layoff) that is not a voluntary resignation.
testate succession
Testate succession refers to how property will be distributed in a will. This is in contrast to intestate succession where laws determine how the property will be allocated to relatives. Individuals have almost free control over how to...
third-party beneficiary
A third-party beneficiary is a person who is not a contracting party of a contract but can still receive the benefits from the performance of the contract. The privity of the contract is between the contracting parties - the promisor and...
Title VII
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal employment law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), and national origin. Title VII gives employees a private right to action...
tontine
Tontine is an investment plan in which participants buy shares in a common fund and receive an annuity that increases every time a participant dies.
In simpler terms, tontine is an investment scheme in which the so-called...
tort claims act
Tort claims act refers to legislation where the governmental entity gives up sovereign immunity protection, allowing it to be sued for the tortious activities of its employees within the scope of their employment.
The...
tortfeasor
A tortfeasor is one who commits a tort.
tortious
A term describing behavior that constitutes a tort. Thus, tortious behavior is any behavior (other than breach of contract) that may be sued upon as a civil wrong.
tortious interference
Tortious interference is a common law tort allowing a claim for damages against a defendant who wrongfully interferes with the plaintiff's contractual or business relationships.
See also intentional interference with contractual relations.