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401(k) plan
act of God
act of nature
ADA
ADEA
affirmative action
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
agent
agreement
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
annual meeting
appraiser
appreciation
articles of incorporation
assessment benefits
association
at will employment
audit
avails
ballot
basis
blue sky laws
board of directors
bond
bulk sales law
bylaws
C corporation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
close corporation
commercial frustration
consideration
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
consortium
contract
cooling-off rule
cooperative insurance
copyright
corporate resolution
corporation
cost basis
counteroffer
DBA
debenture
deduction
defined benefit plan
defined contribution plan
dependents benefits
director
disability benefits
disclaimer
dividend
doing business as (DBA)
domain name
donee
donor
EEOC
electronic signature
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
entity
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
ERISA
express warranty
expunge
extended warranty contracts
failure of consideration
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
fictitious business name
fictitious name
FMLA
freeze-out
frolic
FTC
future interest
garnishment
GATT
general partner
goods & chattels
greenmail
group life or group health insurance
guarantor
guaranty
harassment
health benefits
high seas
hold harmless
illusory promise
implied warranty
in terrorem
independent contractor
integrated pension plan
intellectual property (IP) law
invest
investor
IP
lemon
license (of invention, copyright or trademark)
limited liability
limited liability company (LLC)
limited liability partnership (LLP)
limited partnership
limited personal liability
limited power of attorney
liquid assets
liquidating partner
LLC
LLP
naked option
natural person
negotiable instrument
net earnings
noncompete
noncompetition agreement
nondisclosure agreement
nonprofit corporation
novation
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
offer
officer
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
one-year rule
OSHA
owners' agreement
par value
partnership
patent
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
PBGC
pension
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
piercing the veil
poison pill
power of attorney
professional corporation
PTO
replevin
retirement benefits
right to cancel (a contract)
S corporation
severability clause
severance pay
sexual harassment
shareholder
shareholders' agreement
sick leave
sickness benefits
SLAPP suit
small entity
Social Security
sole proprietorship
spam
special power of attorney
stipulated insurance
surrender value
survivors benefits
tangible personal property
tax basis
tender offer
trade name
trade secret
trademark
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
ultra vires
unconscionability
undercapitalization
underwriter
unemployment insurance (UI)
variance
vertical privity
warranty
warranty of fitness
warranty of merchantability
wash sale
winding up
workers' compensation
workmen's compensation
yellow-dog contract
zoning

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