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This is a list of abbreviations used in law and legal documents. It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard abbreviations for the title of each source. Abbreviations may also be found for common words or legal phrases.
Rectification is available if the parties intended to give effect to the whole of an antecedent agreement in the written contract and, by common mistake, they failed to do so. [3]
Mistake of law is when a party enters into a contract without the knowledge of the law in the country. The contract is affected by such mistakes, but it is not void. The reason here is that ignorance of law is not an excuse. However, if a party is induced to enter into a contract by the mistake of law then such a contract is not valid. [3]
Corrigendum is the gerundive form of the Latin compound verb corrigo -rexi -rectum (from the verb rego, "to make straight, rule", plus the preposition cum, "with"), "to correct", [3] and thus signifies [4] "(those things) which must be corrected" and in its single form Corrigendum it means "(that thing) which must be corrected".
"Corrections" is also the name of a field of academic study concerned with the theories, policies, and programs pertaining to the practice of corrections. Its object of study includes personnel training and management as well as the experiences of those on the other side of the fence — the unwilling subjects of the correctional process. [ 1 ]
This new law came into effect on 6 May 2009. In summary, the new law says that those convicted of a minor offense, determined by the type of sentence imposed, 10 or more years ago, qualify for the expungement of their criminal record. The sentence must have been a suspended jail term, correctional supervision or a fine.
Four minors were allegedly found working at an Alabama slaughterhouse run by the same firm found responsible for the death of a Mississippi 16-year-old in 2023.
In English contract law, a minor is any individual under the age of 18 years. [3] Historically, the age had been 21, until the Family Law Reform Act 1969. [2] As a general rule, a minor is not bound by contracts he makes, though the adult party whom he contracts with is. [3]