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If you resign from a job or position, you formally announce that you are leaving it.

wages paid to an employeewhile he or she is on sickleave

leave of absence from work through illness

a group of people employed by a company, individual, etc, for executive, clerical, sales work, etc

not permanent; provisional

as expressed by; regarding

in more favourable circumstances, esp financially

informal the past record of the accomplishments and failures of a person, business, etc

formal or old-fashioned expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something

A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.

besides; as well as

to make (information) known

a law that has been passed by both of the UK Houses of Parliament and has received royal assent

If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it

1. a person who makes a claim 2. a person who brings a civilaction in a court of law

Common law is the system of law which is based on judges' decisions and on custom rather than on written laws.

Libel is a written statement which wrongly accuses someone of something, and which is therefore against the law. Compare slander

Slander is an untrue spoken statement about someone which is intended to damagetheir reputation. Compare libel.

the promise, object, etc, given by one party to persuade another to enter into a contract

a formal legal document signed, witnessed, and delivered to effect a conveyance or transfer of property or to create a legal obligation or contract

If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.

a person against whom an action or claim is brought in a court of law

1. disadvantage or damage; harm; loss 2. a cause of disadvantage or damage

If something is distinguishable from other things, it has a quality or feature which makes it possible for you to recognize it and see that it is different.

A donation is something which someone gives to a charity or other organization.

To do something under duress means to do it because someone forces you to do it or threatens you.

Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not wantto do

If you intimidate someone, you deliberately make them frightened enough to do what you want them to do.

Duty is work that you have to do for your job.

If something such as a law or agreement is enforceable, it can be enforced.

You use entire when you want to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something, for example, the whole of a place, time, or population.

A factor is one of the things that affects an event, decision, or situation.

If you forbid someone to do something, or if you forbid an activity, you order that it must not be done.

In Britain, a general election is an election where everyone votes for people to represent them in Parliament.

The House of Commons is the part of parliament in Britain or Canada whose members are elected. The building where they meet is alsocalled the House of Commons.

The House of Lords is the part of the parliament in Britain whose members have not been elected. The building where they meet is also called the House of Lords.

If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.

abstention from or postponement of the enforcement of a legal right, esp by a creditor allowing his or her debtor time to pay

obszarem, w którym dany sąd i system praw ma władzę

a form of government in which supreme authority is vested in a single and usually hereditaryfigure, such as a king, and whose powers can vary from those of an absolute despot to those of a figurehead

the person who receives an offer

(of information or events) written down, photographed, or put onto a computer

having direct bearing on the matter in hand; pertinent