desertion
nounthe crime of abandoning (=to leave forever) a person, cause, or organization in a way considered disloyal (=not supporting someone or something when you should)The soldiers were prosecuted for desertion.
Legal English Dictionary
- insolvency
- due care
- bearer form
- income tax
- excise
- equitable relief
- standing committee
- insurer
- termination
- abide (by)
- enforcement of security
- deterrent
- infer
- legal framework
- lawsuit
- estate per autre vie
- issue
- unlimited
- arbitrage
- law is silent
- launch
- European Monetary Union; European monetary union
- debtor and creditor law; debtor-creditor law
- competency
- witness tampering
- landlord and tenant law
- contravention
- business days
- omit
- cartel
- assert
- entitled
- intellectual property law
- maintenance
- perpetrate
- jury
- premeditated
- appropriate
- remedy period
- publicly held corporation
- civil law
- land registry; Land Registry
- negative pledge
- disinherit
- duly authorised representative
- real estate
- obtain
- matrimonial
- petty theft
- relevance
