UK Law

Tag: Competition Law

  • Letter

    Definition of Letters Of Administration This is a term used in wills and probate matters. Concept of Letter The following is an old definition of Letter [1], a term which has several meanings:1. One of the characters which constitute the alphabet. Many letters of the alphabet, standing alone, […]

  • Trade

    Meaning of Trade The following is an old definition of Trade [1]: Generally, equivalent to occupation, employment, or business, whether manual or mercantile; any occupation, employment, or business carried on for profit, gain, or livelihood, not in the liberal arts or in the learned […]

  • Wagering

    Gaming, Wagering and Gambling From the Encyclopedia Britannica (1911): It is somewhat difficult exactly to define or adequately to distinguish these terms of allied meaning. The word game is applicable to most pastimes and many sports, irrespective of their lawful or unlawful character. […]

  • Banking Legislation

    English Law affecting Banks and their Customers Issue of Notes The legislation which culminated in the Bank Charter Acts of 1844 and 1845 secured to the Bank of England the absolute monopoly of the note issue within the city of London and a 3-m. radius. Outside that radius, and within […]

  • Competition Law

    Definition of Competition Law In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Competition Law : The branch of law concerned with the regulation of *anticompetitive practices, *restrictive trade practices, and abuses of a dominant position (*abuse of a dominant […]

  • Competition

    Resources See Also Further Reading Competition in the Encyclopedia of Britain Competition in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Competition in the Halsbury's Laws of England Competition in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Competition in the Jowitt's […]

  • Void Contract

    Void Contract in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Void Contract may have the following meaning: A contract that has no legal force from the moment of […]