wrongful+act

  • 21wrongful performance of a normally legal act — index misfeasance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 22wrongful interference with goods — a generic heading in terms of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 for conversion, trover, trespass to goods and negligence so far as it results in damage to goods. See also detinue. Collins dictionary of law …

    Law dictionary

  • 23wrongful dismissal — The termination of an employee s contract of employment in a manner that is not in accordance with that contract. Thus when an employee is dismissed without the correct notice entitlement (in circumstances that do not justify summary dismissal)… …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 24wrongful execution — An actionable wrong predicated upon irregular procedure, irregularity in the judgment upon which the writ was obtained, the doing of an act outside the authority conferred by the writ, an improper seizure of property, a wrongful sale, or the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 25act — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 thing that sb does ADJECTIVE ▪ charitable, kind ▪ heroic, selfless ▪ a heroic act of bravery ▪ aggressive …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 26act — act1 [ ækt ] noun *** ▸ 1 single thing someone does ▸ 2 law ▸ 3 part of play, etc. ▸ 4 performance ▸ 5 behavior hiding truth ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a single thing that someone does: act of violence/vandalism/terrorism/kindness/bravery/desperation …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27act */*/*/ — I UK [ækt] / US noun Word forms act : singular act plural acts 1) [countable] a single thing that someone does act of violence/vandalism/terrorism/kindness/bravery/desperation etc: No act of kindness is ever wasted. We strongly condemn any act of …

    English dictionary

  • 28wrongful — adj. Wrongful is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑arrest, ↑conduct, ↑conviction, ↑death, ↑dismissal, ↑imprisonment, ↑termination …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 29wrongful — adjective (of an act) not fair, just, or legal. Derivatives wrongfully adverb wrongfulness noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30Theft Act 1978 — The Theft Act 1978 supplemented the earlier deception offences in English law contained in sections 15 and 16 of the Theft Act 1968 by reforming some aspects of those offences and adding new provisions. Sections 1 and 2 were repealed on 15th… …

    Wikipedia