Dictionary Search: "discharge" - Pakistan Law Portal

Bad-conduct discharge

see discharge (8)

administrative discharge

A military-service discharge given by administrative means and not by court-martial.

administrative discharge.

See DISCHARGE (6).

bad-conduct discharge

A punitive discharge that a court-martial can give a member of the military, usu. as punishment for repeated minor offenses. - Abbr. BCD.

certificate of discharge

See SATISFACTION PIECE.

charge and discharge.

Equity practice. Court ordered account filings by a plaintiff and a defendant. ( The plaintiff's account (charge) and the defendant's response (discharge) were filed with a master in chancery.

charge and discharge. Equity practice. Court ordered account filings by a plaintiff and a defendant. ( The plaintiff's account (charge) and the defendant's response (discharge) were filed with a maste

constructive discharge

A termination of employment brought about by making the employee's working conditions so intolerable that the employee feels compelled to leave."Most constructive discharges fall into one of two basic fact patterns. First, the employer can cause a constructive discharge by breaching the employee's contract of employment in some manner short of termination. Second, the employer can make working conditions so intol-erable that the employee feels compelled to quit." Mark A. Rothstein et al., Employment Law § 9.7, at 539 (1994).

discharge

n. 1. The payment of a debt or satisfaction of some other obligation. 2. The release of a debtor from monetary obligations upon adjudication of bankruptcy; RELEASE (1). 3. The dismissal of a case. 4. The canceling or vacating of a court order. 5. The release of a prisoner from confinement. 6. The relieving of a witness, juror, or jury from further responsibilities in a case. 7. The firing of an employee.

discharge hearing

See DISCHARGE HEARING.

discharge in bankruptcy

1. The release of a debtor from personal liability for prebankruptcy debts. 2. A bankruptcy court's decree releasing a debtor from that liability. discharging bond See BOND (2).

dischargeability proceeding

Bankruptcy. A hearing to determine whether a debt is dischargeable or is subject to an exception to discharge. 11 USCA § 523.

dischargeable claim

Bankruptcy. A claim that can be discharged in bankruptcy. discharged contract See void contract under CONTRACT.

discharged contrac

See void contract (2).

dishonorable discharge

The most severe punitive discharge that a court-martial can give to a member of the military. ( A dishonorable discharge may result from conviction for an offense recognized in civilian law as a felony or of a military offense requiring severe punishment. Only a general court-martial can give a dishonorable discharge.

general discharge

One of the administrative discharges given to a member of the military who does not qualify for an honorable discharge.

honorable discharge

A formal final judgment passed by the government on a soldier's entire military record, and an authoritative declaration that he or she has left the service in a status of honor. ( Full veterans' benefits are given only to a person honorably discharged.

honorable discharge.

See DISCHARGE (8).

nondischargeable debt

See NONDISCHARGEABLE DEBT.

plea in discharge

A plea alleging that the defendant has previously satisfied and discharged the plaintiffs claim.

port of discharge

The place where a substantial part of the cargo is discharged.

retaliatory discharge

See DISCHARGE (7).

unconditional discharge

1. A release from an obligation without any conditions attached. 2. A release from confinement without any parole requirements to fulfill.

undesirable discharge