What legal words mean, taken word for word from the Act that defines them. The same word can mean different things in different Acts.
4,518 defined terms in 601 Acts
Defined in Employment Act 1955, s 2
“means any agreement, whether oral or in writing and whether express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another as an employee and that other agrees to serve his employer as an employee and includes an apprenticeship contract”
Read s 2Defined in Employment Act 1955, s 2
“means basic wages and all other payments in cash payable to an employee for work done in respect of his contract of service but does not include— (a) the value of any house accommodation or the supply of any food, fuel, light or water or …”
Read s 2Defined in Consumer Protection Act 1999, s 3
“means a person who— (a) acquires or uses goods or services of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household purpose, use or consumption; and (b) does not acquire or use the goods or services, or hold himself out as …”
Read s 3Defined in Sale of Goods Act 1957, s 2
“means every kind of movable property other than actionable claims and money; and includes stock and shares, growing crops, grass and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the …”
Read s 2Defined in Akta Perlindungan Data Peribadi 2010, s 4
“means any information in respect of commercial transactions, which— (a) is being processed wholly or partly by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose; (b) is recorded with the …”
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