abusive language
abusive language 谩骂的言语；刻毒伤人的言语 在美国，如果夫妻一方频繁使用此种言语，并由此引起对方精神痛苦乃至损害健康的，则可成为离婚的理由。
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abusive
abusive ([schwa]-byoo-siv), adj. 1. Characterized by wrongful or improper use (abusive discovery tactics). 2. (Of a person) habitually cruel, malicious, or violent (abusive parent). — abusively, adv.
contumelious
contumelious (kon-t[y]oo-mee-lee-[schwa]s), adj. Insolent, abusive, spiteful, or humiliating.
motion for protective order
motion for protective order. A party’s request that the court protect it from potentially abusive action by the other party, usu. relating to discovery, as when one party seeks discovery of the other party’s trade secrets. • A court will sometimes craft a protective order to protect one party’s trade secrets by ordering that any
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obloquy
obloquy (ob-l[schwa]-kwee). 1. Abusive or defamatory language; CALUMNY. 2. The state or condition of being ill spoken of; disgrace or bad repute.
child labor
The employment of workers under the age of majority. • This term typically focuses on abusive practices such as exploitative factory work; slavery, sale, and trafficking in children; forced or compulsory labor such as debt bondage and serfdom; and the use of children in prostitution, pornography, drug-trafficking, or anything else that might jeopardize their health,
heartbalm statute
A state law that abolishes the rights of action for monetary damages as solace for the emotional trauma occasioned by a loss of love and relationship. • The abolished rights of action include alienation of affections, breach of promise to marry, criminal conversation, and seduction of a person over the legal age of consent. Many
heartbalm statute
heartbalm statute. A state law that abolishes the rights of action for monetary damages as solace for the emotional trauma occasioned by a loss of love and relationship. • The abolished rights of action include alienation of affections, breach of promise to marry, criminal conversation, and seduction of a person over the legal age of
assailant
assailant. 1. One who physically attacks another; one who commits an assault. 2. One who attacks another using nonphysical means; esp., one who attacks another’s position or feelings, as by criticism, argument, or abusive language.