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Young Offender: Young persons who, in many states, are treated differently than adult criminals and are tried in special youth courts.
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Yellow Dog Contract: A name given in American labor law to contract of employment by which the employee promises not to join a union or agrees to forfeit employment if he/she joins a union during the period of employment.
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York-Antwerp Rules: A set of internationally-accepted rules, first published in 1890, proposing points of detail in the application of the maritime law principle of general average.
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Yukky: Distasteful or contemptible.
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