Involuntary
71Involuntary smoking — The inhaling of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) involuntarily by someone who is not smoking. Environmental tobacco smoke is generated from the sidestream (the burning end) of a cigarette, pipe or cigar or from the exhaled mainstream (the smoke… …
72Involuntary Cash-Out — Distributing the balance of a participant s retirement account under a qualified plan without the written consent of the participant, the participant s spouse or beneficiary. Involuntary cash out usually occurs if the participant’s balance… …
73Involuntary liquidation preference — A premium that must be paid to preferred or preference stockholders if the issuer of the stock is forced into involuntary liquidation. The New York Times Financial Glossary …
74involuntary liquidation preference — A premium that must be paid to preferred or preference stockholders if the issuer of the stock is forced into involuntary liquidation. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
75involuntary activity — electrical activity consisting of motor unit action potentials that are involuntary; cf. spontaneous a …
76involuntary movement — movement of a limb or other body part caused by involuntary contraction of muscles; common types are athetosis, ballismus, chorea, myoclonus, seizure, tic, and tremor. Called also forced m …
77involuntary unemployment — Unemployment in which workers who would be willing to work for lower wages than those in employment are still unable to find work. J M Keynes (1883–1946) argued that recessions are characterized by involuntary unemployment because firms may be… …
78involuntary reduction in force — (IRIF) Corporate layoffs made after attempting to encourage workers to terminate voluntarily. Large U.S. companies will offer workers a PACKAGE of incentives to avoid involuntary reductions in force …
79involuntary alienation — A loss of or parting with property by attachment, levy, sale for taxes or other debts. See also involuntary conveyance …
80involuntary confession — Confession is involuntary if it is not the product of an essentially free and unrestrained choice of its maker or where maker s will is overborne at the time of the confession. People v. Pickerel, 32 Ill.App.3d 822, 336 N.E.2d 778, 780. Term… …
