Lexicon

An obligor is another word for a debtor. For more information, see debtor.

The terms offshoring and outsourcing are often used interchangeably, while there is indeed a difference. Offshoring is a form of outsourcing, in which part of […]

Van een oneerlijke handelspraktijk (OHP) is sprake wanneer een bedrijf de consument misleidt of agressief benadert bij het aanbieden van diensten of producten. De Wet […]

Bij een opdracht verricht de opdrachtnemer werkzaamheden voor de opdrachtgever zonder dat sprake is van een arbeidsovereenkomst. De overeenkomst van opdracht wordt geregeld in artikel 7:400 […]

Open-source software is software whose source code is freely accessible. The software may be freely distributed and anyone may improve or optimize the software. Licenses […]

An oral hearing is the meeting of the parties before a judge. Previously (before the KEI Program entered into force), this was known as the […]

Outsourcing is de term die wordt gebruikt wanneer een organisatie een activiteit uitbesteedt aan een derde partij. Met outsourcing in de IT wordt meestal bedoeld het overbrengen van een […]

Een overeenkomst is een meerzijdige rechtshandeling. Dat wil zeggen dat één of meer partijen een verbintenis aangaan met één of meer andere partijen. Overeenkomsten komen tot stand door […]

Patent law – also known as a patent – is an intellectual property right. With a patent right, you can protect a technical invention against […]

Patent law is the English name for the Dutch “Octrooirecht”. For more information, see patent law.

A penalty clause is a provision in which it is stipulated that if a party fails to fulfil its obligations, a penalty is due. Moderation […]

Consent is defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Previously, the ‘permission’ required that it consist of an expression of will that is free, […]

At the court of appeal, the meeting of parties before a judge happens. It is a court hearing. The personal appearance of the parties takes […]

Personal data is all data that can be used to identify a specific person – directly or indirectly. The clearest personal data is the name […]

The Personal Data Protection Act (Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens – Wbp) regulates how personal data must be handled. The Dutch Data Protection Authority supervises compliance with […]

An obligation to provide information applies to general terms and conditions: the user of the general terms and conditions must offer the other party a […]

The person who has suffered a breach of contract or a wrongful act is entitled to compensation. It is, however, possible that part of the […]

Copyright gives the creator of a work the right to act against any unauthorized reproduction or publication of his work. Even if the creator has […]

A petition is a written request to a court with which a petition procedure is initiated. Difference from subpoena The petition must be distinguished from […]

Phishing is a collective name for digital activities that aim to extract personal information from people. This personal information can be misused for example for […]

Plagiarism is copying (parts of) someone else’s work without referring to the source. The core of plagiarism is that the plagiarist pretends that it is […]

The party that appeals in cassation against a judicial decision is the plaintiff in cassation, the other party is the defendant in cassation.

In some cases, persons depicted in a photo can invoke portrait rights. The consequence of invoking this right is in some cases that the photo […]

By means of a power of attorney, a proxy can grant an authorized representative the power to perform certain legal acts on his or her […]

The pre-contractual phase is the phase of negotiations that precedes the actual conclusion of a contract. There is no offer and acceptance yet. The relations […]