A tax deductible expense, typically referring to a type of depreciation of a business asset. … [Read more...]

The damages awarded as part of a wrongful death lawsuit that are designed to compensate a plaintiff for having to live without a deceased person which includes lost earnings, comfort, companionship. … [Read more...]

In England An officer of the exchequer whose duty it was to write upon the tallies the letters of tellers' bills. … [Read more...]

An employment claim where an employee is terminated for a reason that may be unlawful or in breach of an employment agreement. Wrongful termination may also be called "wrongful dismissal" or "wrongful discharge." The failure to have a written contract does not preclude a wrongful termination claim. The categories of wrongful termination generally fall under the … [Read more...]

In Scotch law. An officer nearly corresponding to an attorney at law, in English and American practice. "Writers to the signet" called also "clerks to the signet" derive their name from the circumstance that they were anciently clerks in the office of the secretary of state, by whom writs were prepared and issued under the royal signet or seal; and when the signet became … [Read more...]