Terms beginning with Z
22 headwords
- Z-bondA bond, usually the last issued in a series backed by mortgages, on which nothing is paid - neither principal nor int…
- zapIn critical legal studies, a supposedly spontaneous moment of shared insight among a group.
- ZBAA deduction once open to every individual taxpayer, whether or not they itemized. It was built into the rate tables f…
- zealous witnessA witness so eager to help one side, and so ready to answer or volunteer whatever suits it, that the eagerness itself…
- zero-bracket amountA deduction once open to every individual taxpayer, whether or not they itemized. It was built into the rate tables f…
- zero-coupon bondA bond paying no interest, sold at a discount and redeemed at face value, the holder's profit being the difference.
- zero-coupon securityA security, above all a bond, sold at a deep discount and paying no interest, the return coming from the difference b…
- zero-rate mortgageA mortgage with a large down payment and no interest, the balance being paid off in equal installments.
- zeteticProceeding by inquiry: investigative.
- zipper clauseA clause stating that the written agreement is the whole of the bargain, above all in a labor contract, so that neith…
- zoneAn area marked off from those around it; in a city or town, an area that zoning rules put under particular restrictio…
- zone of employmentIn workers' compensation law, the place of work within which an employee who is hurt can claim compensation.
- zone of interestsThe kinds of interest a statute or constitutional guarantee was meant to regulate or protect. To have standing to cha…
- zone of privacyThe area of private life the Bill of Rights protects by implication, though no clause names it outright.
- zone searchA search of a crime scene, such as the site of a fire or explosion, carried out by dividing it into sectors and worki…
- zone-of-danger ruleIn tort law, the rule allowing damages for negligently inflicted emotional distress where the plaintiff was both insi…
- zoningThe dividing of a region, above all a town, by legislation into districts, each with its own rules about how land may…
- zoning mapThe map a zoning ordinance creates, showing where each zoning district lies.
- zoning ordinanceA city ordinance regulating how land in each part of the city may be used, setting aside some districts for homes and…
- zoning variancePermission from the zoning authority to use land in a way the ordinance forbids, granted where applying the rule stri…
- zygnomicOf an act whose effect is to cut down the freedom of a person under a duty, in the enjoyment of a legal advantage. Th…
- zygocephalumA measure of land, above all the amount that can be plowed in a day.