Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Conciliation
n. 1. A settlement of a dispute in an agreeable manner. 2. A process in which a neutral person meets with the parties to a dispute (often labor) and explores how the dispute might be resolved; MEDIATION (1). - conciliate, vb. - conciliative, conciliatory, adj. - conciliator, n.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
A federal statute that requires employers who offer group health coverage to their employees to continue to do so for a prescribed period (usu. 18 to 36 months) after employment has terminated so that the employee can continue to benefit from grouphealth rates until becoming a member of another health-insurance plan. ( The statute temporarily continues group coverage for a person no longer entitled to receive it, such as a terminated employee or an overage dependent. - Abbr. COBRA.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Labor law. An independent agency whose purpose is to prevent disruptions in the flow of interstate commerce caused by labor disputes through the use of mediation, conciliation, and voluntary arbitration. - Abbr. FMCS.
Mediation and Conciliation Service
A federal agency that tries to prevent the interruption of commerce resulting from labor disputes, by assisting parties in settling their disputes through mediation and conciliation. ( The agency can intervene on its own motion or on the motion of a party to the dispute. - Also termed Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. 29 USCA ยงยง 172, 173.
conciliation court
See small-claims court under COURT.
reconciliation
n. 1. Restoration of harmony between persons or things that had been in conflict <a reconciliation between the plaintiff and the defendant is unlikely even if the lawsuit settles before trial. 2. Family law. Voluntary resumption, after a separation, of full marital relations between spouses <the court dismissed the divorce petition after the parties' reconciliation>. 3. Accounting. An adjustment of accounts so that they agree, esp. by allowing for outstanding items. - reconcile (rek-an-sil), vb.
reconciliation statement
An accounting or financial statement in which discrepancies are adjusted.
sub spe reconciliationis
[Latin] Hist. Under the hope of reconcilement.