plea in reconvention
Civil law. A plea that sets up a new matter, not as a defense, but as a cross-complaint, setoff, or counterclaim. [Cases: Pleading 143. C.J.S. Pleading § 200.]
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conventional home mortgage
conventional home mortgage 普通住房抵押 指购房者常用的一种担保方式，即由其将财产的留置权或附解除条件的所有权〔defeasible title〕转让于银行或其他金融机构，以获取全部或部分的购房价款。这种抵押贷款没有其他政府组织诸如美国「联邦住房管理局」〔FHA〕或「退伍军人事务部」〔VA〕的支持，全凭贷款人对借款人的信用以及财产的担保，故得名。
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hague convention
Hague Convention. The short name for any one of the many international conventions that address different legal issues and attempt to standardize procedures between nations. [Cases: Treaties 1. C.J.S. Treaties § 2.]
conventional mortgage
conventional mortgage (1)约定抵押 指双方当事人以合同方式约定，一方为担保某一行为的完成而将其财产之一部或全部设定抵押，但不移转财产的占有。它区别于法定抵押〔legal mortgage〕，后者系指在某些案件中，未经当事人约定，仅以法律规定而使债权人对债务人的财产所享有的特权。 (2)〈美〉普通抵押 指未受政府保险支持的抵押，而由借款人将其留置权或附解除条件的所有权直接向贷款银行或其他金融机构进行转让。典型例子即为住房融资。 (→conventional home mortgage)
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per tacitam reconventionem
per tacitam reconventionem (p[schwa]r tas-[schwa]-t[schwa]m ree-k[ schwa]n-ven-shee-oh-n[schwa]m). [Latin] Hist. By a tacit renewal of the contract.
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buenos aires convention
Buenos Aires Convention. Copyright. A 1910 treaty regulating copyright reciprocity among Latin American nations and the United States. • Under this agreement, the phrase “all rights reserved” guaranteed copyright protection in member nations. Since all the Convention’s signatories are now signatories to more recent and broader international-copyright treaties, this Convention now has little if any
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convention relating to the distribution of program carrying signals
Convention Relating to the Distribution of Program-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite. See BRUSSELS SATELLITE CONVENTION.
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geneva conventions of 1949
Geneva Conventions of 1949 (j[schwa]-nee-v[schwa]). Four international agreements dealing with the protection of wounded members of the armed forces, the treatment of prisoners of war, and the protection of civilians during international armed conflicts. • Common Article 3 of the Conventions proclaims certain minimum standards of treatment that are applicable to noninternational armed conflicts. The
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European Convention on Human Rights
European Convention on Human Rights 《欧洲人权公约》 这是欧洲理事会〔Council of Europe〕各成员国为了共同维护和进一步实现人权和基本自由，于1950年在罗马签署的公约。该公约于1953年生效。公约宣布应禁止奴役和强迫劳动，以及保证人身自由与安全、受到公正的审判、思想自由、宗教信仰自由、集会结社自由等诸多权利。后来的议定书中又增加了财产权和教育权等内容。
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