Establishment Clause (USA) that part of the First Amendment that prevents the government promoting a religion as part of the state. estate agent a person who provides services for the marketing and sale of property. The extent of the authority of the agent depends on the terms of the agreement with the principal (see AGENCY). The busi- ness is now regulated by the Estate Agents Act 1979. The Director of Fair Trading has powers to enforce the Act. So far as the day-to-day

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conduct of their business is concerned, estate agents must comply with the provisions of the Property MISDESCRIPTIONS Act 1991, as must others who carry out similar work.

• poinding of the ground
• police
• Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE)
• policy of insurance
• political asylum
• pollicitatio
• polygamous marriage
• position statement
• positive prescription
• positivism
• possession
• postal acceptance rule
• post-dating
• post diem
• post mortem
• power of attorney
• pp
• practising certificate
• praepositura
• preamble
• precario
• precedent
• precognition
• pre-emption
• pre-emption clause