What legal words mean, taken word for word from the Act that defines them. The same word can mean different things in different Acts.
5,973 defined terms in 623 Acts
Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2
“means any agreement, whether written or oral, express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another as an employee and that other agrees to serve his or her employer as an employee and includes an apprenticeship contract or …”
Read s 2Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2
“means all remuneration including allowances payable to an employee in respect of work done under his or her contract of service, but does not include —(a)the value of any house accommodation, supply of electricity, water, medical …”
Read s 2Defined in Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003, s 2
“means an individual who, otherwise than exclusively in the course of business —(a)receives or has the right to receive goods or services from a supplier; or(b)has a legal obligation to pay a supplier for goods or services that have been or …”
Read s 2Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4
“means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law”
Read s 4Defined in Personal Data Protection Act 2012, s 2
“means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified —(a)from that data; or(b)from that data and other information to which the organisation has or is likely to have access”
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