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duration

duration. 1. The length of time that something lasts (the duration of the lawsuit). duration of interest. The length of time that a property interest lasts. duration of trust. The length of time that a trust exists. [Cases: Trusts 60. C.J.S. Trover and Conversion § 117.] 2. A length of time; a continuance in time

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duration of war

duration of war 战争期间 自战争爆发一直延续到交战国主管当局正式宣告和平的一段时期;在通俗意义上,该词一般指从战争爆发到实际敌对行动停止的一段时期。在合同中,该词可归因于当事人意图,并应从合同文件本身、有关合同履行情势的证据以及当事人所追求的合同目的而予以确定。

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magistratus

magistratus (maj-[schwa]-stray-t[schwa]s), n. [fr. Latin magister “a master”] Roman law. 1. A magistrate. 2. A magistrate’s office. “Magistratus. Denotes both the public office and the official himself. Magistracy was a Republican institution; under the Principate some magistratus continued to exist but with gradually diminishing importance; in the post-Diocletian Empire some former magistracies still exist but

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