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| Wrongful dismissal | A.K.A. wrongful termination or wrongful discharge- occurs when an employee has been terminated or his/her contract has not been renewed and that termination breaches part of the employee’s contract |
| Will | A legal declaration by which a person names one or more people to manage his/her estate and provide for the transfer of his/her property at death. |
| Whistleblower | Person who raises a concern about wrongdoing occurring in an organization or body of people. Usually this person would be from that same organization. |
| Trust | A trust is a relationship where property is managed by one person for the benefit of another. |
| Trademark | distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities. (™) |
| Spousal Support | A.K.A. alimony- obligation to provide financial support to one's spouse after separation or divorce. |
| Sexual harassment | Intimidation, bullying, or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. |
| Prenuptial Agreement | A contract made between two people before they get married agreeing on the distribution of their assets if they were to get divorced or one died. |
| Patents | Set of exclusive rights granted by the government to an inventory for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention. |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration, to ensure safe and healthful working conditions of employees by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach, education and assistance. |
| Negligence | Failure to act with a duty of care that a reasonable person would have used in a similar situation. Carelessness. |
| Medical malpractice | Professional negligence through an act or omission by a health care provider in which care is provided deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient. |
| Foreclosure | A bank selling or repossessing a parcel of real property (real estate/home) after the owner has failed to comply with an agreement between the lender and borrower called a "mortgage." Foreclosure typically results from not paying a mortgage. |
| Divorce | Final termination of a marital union, cancelling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties. |
| Discrimination | An action against a person based on the group, class, or category to which that person is a part of. |
| Defamation | Communicating something as fact about a person or business that is actually false and (can result in) causing a negative image of that person or business. |
| Copyrights | Set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. (©) |
| Contracts | Legally binding agreement between two or more parties which establishes promises to do or not do something. |
| Child custody | Legal terms which are sometimes used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and his or her child, such as the right of the parent to make decisions for the child, and the parent's duty to care for the child. |
| Bankruptcy | A legally declared inability of an individual or organization to pay its creditors (bills owed). |
| Adoption | process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another who is not kin (family) and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents. |
