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• effective date — The date at which a contract or statutory obligation commences. The effective date may be different than the date a contract is signed or a statute is enacted. For example, the effective date for the Copyright Act of 1976 is January 1, 1978.… …   Law dictionary

• effective — ef·fec·tive adj 1: producing a desired effect an effective revocation of the contract 2: capable of bringing about an effect effective assistance of counsel see also ineffective assistance o …   Law dictionary

• effective assistance of counsel — The right of a criminal defendant or appellant to have competent legal representation, whether the lawyer was appointed by the court or retained by the defendant. In general, competent legal representation is without errors that would result in… …   Law dictionary

• effective rate — Another name for annual percentage rate that refers to the amount of yearly interest to be charged by a lender on the money borrowed by a debtor. In federal income tax law, the actual tax rate that an individual taxpayer pays based upon his or… …   Law dictionary

• law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… …   Law dictionary

• effective date of termination — (EDT) An employee s period of continuous employment will end on the effective date of termination, which is normally the last day of employment, but may be a later date (section 97, ERA 1996). Related links continuous employment …   Law dictionary

• effective assignment — see assignment Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• law of the land — 1: the established law of a nation or region 2: due process Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• effective before — index retroactive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• effective help — index remedy (legal means of redress) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• effective rejoinder — index confutation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary