wrongful acts

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• wrongful act — I noun breach, breach of legal duty, civil wrong, contravention, delinquency, dereliction, dereliction of duty, guilty act, illegality, impropriety, injustice, malefaction, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdoing, misfeasance,… …   Law dictionary

• wrongful death — n: a death caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act, neglect, omission, or default of another sought damages for the wrongful death of their murdered daughter Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• wrongful termination — A legal claim that an employee has been fired for an illegal reason, such as discrimination, breach of contract, or in violation of public policy. (See also: wrongful termination in violation of public policy) Category: Employment Law & HR →… …   Law dictionary

• wrongful — Injurious, heedless, unjust, reckless, unfair; it implies the infringement of some right, and may result from disobedience to lawful authority. Buhler v. Marrujo, 86 N.M. 399, 524 P.2d 1015, 1019. See also tort @ wrongful abuse of process See… …   Black's law dictionary

• wrongful termination —    The discharge from a job that a court rules is illegal. An employee has the right to sue her or his employer for wrongful dismissal and to seek damages for loss of wages and benefits, as well as, in certain circumstances, punitive damages. For …   Business law dictionary

• wrongful act — Any act which in the ordinary course will infringe upon the rights of another to his damage, unless it is done in the exercise of an equal or superior right. Brennan v United Hatters of North America, 73 NJL 729,65 A 165; Louis Kamm, Inc. v Flink …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• wrongful distress — A distress which is unlawful and actionable, as where there was no rent in arrears, or where acts rendering the landlord a trespasser ab initio are committed in making the levy, or where a second distress is barred by a prior distress, or where… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament to 1707 — is a list of Acts of Parliament of the Parliament of Scotland. It lists the Acts of Parliament of the old Parliament of Scotland, that was merged with the old Parliament of England to form the Parliament of Great Britain, by the Union with… …   Wikipedia

• death acts — Statutes permitting civil actions for death caused by wrongful act. 22 Am J2d Dth § 2. See wrongful death …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• whistle-blower acts — Federal and state statutes designed to protect employees from retaliation for a disclosure of an employer s misconduct. The Civil Service Reform Act, 5 U.S.C.A. No. 2302(b), protects federal employees who disclose mismanagement or illegal conduct …   Black's law dictionary

• whistle blower acts — Federal and state statutes designed to protect employees from retaliation for a disclosure of an employer s misconduct. The Civil Service Reform Act, 5 U.S.C.A. No. 2302(b), protects federal employees who disclose mismanagement or illegal conduct …   Black's law dictionary