Entrapment in which the government uses a private person, acting either as an agent of the government or as an unwitting participant, to induce the subject of the entrapment to commit a crime. [Cases: Criminal Law 37(5). C.J.S. Criminal Law § 61.]
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derivative contraband 派生的违禁品 自身并非违禁品，但用于违法活动时可予以没收的物品。
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derivative-jurisdiction doctrine. The principle that a case is not properly removable unless it is within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the state court from which it is removed.
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A defense that rebuts the criminal elements that a prosecutor must establish to justify the submission of a criminal case to a jury.
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original and derivative estates 原始产权(不动产权)和派生产权(不动产权) 在具有一项先行的产权(不动产权)和一项财产复归权〔reversions〕这种相互关系的数种产权中，第一位产权称为原始产权，与此相对应的称为派生产权，后者是从一项较大的产权分割出来的部分的权益。前者如包含占有、使用、收益、处分及非限嗣继承的地产权〔fee simple〕；后者如设定房地产租赁权〔leasehold〕，在租赁期届满时，所有人享有财产复归权。
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Property whose possession becomes unlawful when it is used in committing an illegal act. Cf. contraband per se.
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A particular interest that has been carved out of another, larger estate. Cf. original estate.
derivative action. 1. A suit by a beneficiary of a fiduciary to enforce a right belonging to the fiduciary; esp., a suit asserted by a shareholder on the corporation’s behalf against a third party (usu. a corporate officer) because of the corporation’s failure to take some action against the third party. See Fed. R. Civ.
Lawful possession by one (such as a tenant) who does not hold title.
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derivative, adj. Copyright. Of, relating to, or constituting a work that is taken from, translated from, adapted from, or in some way further developed from a previous work. • Copyright protection includes the exclusive right in derivative works, such as a screenplay adapted from a book, or a variant musical arrangement. See derivative work under