The salary of an employee based upon the merit of the work performed by the employee, such as the level of work, the amount of experience. … [Read more...]

practice. By this term is generally understood any writ issued in the course of a suit between the original process and execution. 2. By this term is also meant the writ or proceedings in an action to summon or bring the defendant into court, or compel him to appear or put in bail, and then to hear and answer the plaintiffs claim. 3 Chit. Pr. 140. … [Read more...]

Latin, meaning He justly loses the benefit of the law who seeks to infringe the law. … [Read more...]

torts, remedies. The value of the premises, recovered in ejectment, during the time that the lessor of the plaintiff has been illegally kept out of the possession of his estate by the defendant; such are properly recovered by an action of trespass, quare clausum fregit, after a recovery in ejectment. 2. As a general rule, the plaintiff is entitled to recover for such time as be … [Read more...]

Possessing or characterized by "merit" in the legal sense of the word. See MERITS. Meritorious cause of action. This description is sometimes applied to a person with whom the ground of action, or the consideration, originated or from whom it moved. For example, where a canse of action accrues to a woman while sole, and is sued for, after her marriage, by her husband and … [Read more...]