eristic
eristic (e-ris-tik), adj. Of or relating to controversy or disputation. — Also termed eristical.
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label and significant characteristics test
label-and-significant-characteristics test. Securities. The rule that an instrument will be governed by the secur-ities laws if it is labeled a stock and has the significant characteristics typically associated with shares of stock.
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standard descriptive characteristics
standard descriptive characteristics. Parliamentary law. The basic rules that apply to and define a motion. • The characteristics include when the motion is in order; its rank — that is, what it takes precedence over, and what yields to it; whether making it may interrupt a speaker; whether it needs a second; whether it is
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general characteristics
general characteristics 一般性特征 指特定的雇员给付计划的特征。例如，团体寿险的一般性特征是，被保险人是团体，而非个人。
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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
serological test
serological test (seer-[schwa]-loj-[schwa]-k[schwa]l). A blood examination to detect the presence of antibodies and antigens, as well as other characteristics, esp. as indicators of disease. • Many states require serological tests to determine the presence of venereal disease in a couple applying for a marriage license. See BLOOD TEST.
uxorial
uxorial ([schwa]k-sor-ee-[schwa]l or [schwa]g-zor-), adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a wife (uxorial property).
competent contractor
A contractor who has the knowledge, skill, experience, and available equipment to do the work that he or she is employed to do without creating an unreasonable risk of injury to others and who has the personal characteristics necessary to carry out the work.
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tribal court
Tribal Court. Under the Indian Child Welfare Act, a court with child-custody jurisdiction that is (1) a Court of Indian Offenses, (2) a court established and operated under the code or custom of a tribe, or (3) any other tribal administrative body that is vested with authority over child-custody proceedings. • The Tribal Court is
fair
fair, adj. 1. Impartial; just; equitable; disinterested (everyone thought that Judge Jones was fair). 2. Free of bias or prejudice (in jury selection, the lawyers tried to select a fair and impartial jury). fair, n. Hist. A privileged market for the buying and selling of goods. • A fair was an incorporeal hereditament granted to