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Willful Willful
WILLFUL Intentional; not accidental; voluntary; designed. There is no precise definition of the term willful because its meaning largely depends on the context in which it appears. It generally signifies a sense of the intentional as opposed to the inadvertent, the deliberate as opposed to the... Read more
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Workers Compensation Workers Compensation
Workmen’s CompensationBIBLIOGRAPHY GENERAL WORKSSERIAL PUBLICATIONSWorkmen’s compensation legislation, intended to assure some recompense for occupational injuries sustained by workers, is the most prevalent form of social insurance—universal in advanced countries and widespread even among... Read more
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Industrial Safety The issue of industrial safety evolved concurrently with industrial development in the United States. Of central importance was the establishment of protective legislation, most significantly the worker's compensation laws, enacted at the start of the twentieth century, and the... Read more
Unemployment insurance Unemployment insurance
Unemployment InsuranceBIBLIOGRAPHYUnemployment insurance is a program of social insurance designed to compensate workers for part of the wage loss caused by involuntary joblessness. Weekly benefits are paid to eligible workers as a matter of right, according to benefit schedules or formulas... Read more
treaty of Vereeniging treaty of Vereeniging
Vereeniging, treaty of. This brought the second Boer war to a close. At the beginning of May 1902 the Boers agreed to treat for ‘limited independence’. On the 31st at Vereeniging in southern Transvaal they accepted Britain's final offer: that they stop fighting and declare themselves... Read more
Blood Feud Blood Feud
BLOOD FEUD Avenging the wrongful death of a person's kin by killing the murderer or by receiving compensation from the murderer's possessions. During the Middle Ages all European nations had similar customs concerning the murder of their inhabitants. The closest next of kin to a person who had... Read more
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damages money award that the judgment of a court requires the defendant in a suit to pay to the plaintiff as compensation for the loss or injury inflicted. Damages are the form of legal redress most commonly sought. With a few exceptions, English courts of law traditionally afforded only this... Read more
Incapacity Incapacity
INCAPACITY The absence of legal ability, competence, or qualifications. An individual incapacitated by infancy, for example, does not have the legal ability to enter into certain types of agreements, such as marriage or contracts. Under provisions of workers' compensation laws, the term... Read more

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