exception clause
exception clause. A clause that attempts to modify or exclude the prima facie obligations that arise when a document is signed. Cf. EXEMPTION CLAUSE.
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exceptions clauses
exceptions clauses 免责条款 指合同中规定对某些违反合同的行为或造成的某些损失可以不负责任的条款。但可因根本违约行为〔fundamental breach of contract〕而导致该条款无效。法院也并不鼓励当事人订立此种条款，因而多采严格解释，制定法对其效力也有所限制。
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memorandum clause
memorandum clause. A marine-insurance clause protecting underwriters from liability for injury to goods that are particularly perishable, or for minor damages. [Cases: Insurance 2235, 2241. C.J.S. Insurance §§ 1195–1196, 1199–1203, 1208, 1211–1214, 1216–1217.] “This clause was first introduced into the English [marine-insurance] policies about the year 1749. Before that time the insurer was liable for
simultaneous death clause
simultaneous-death clause. A testamentary provision mandating that if the testator and beneficiary die in a common disaster, or the order of their deaths is otherwise unascertainable, the testator is presumed to have survived the beneficiary. • If the beneficiary is the testator’s spouse, an express exception is often made so that the spouse with the
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exemption clause
A contractual provision providing that a party will not be liable for damages for which that party would otherwise have ordinarily been liable. Cf. EXCEPTION CLAUSE; EXCULPATORY CLAUSE; INDEMNITY CLAUSE. [Cases: Contracts 114. C.J.S. Contracts § 271.]
amish exception
Amish exception. An exemption of the Amish from compulsory-school-attendance laws under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. • In Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 92 S.Ct. 1526 (1972), the Supreme Court held that Amish children could not be compelled to attend high school even though they were within the age range of
exemption clause
exemption clause. A contractual provision providing that a party will not be liable for damages for which that party would otherwise have ordinarily been liable. Cf. EXCEPTION CLAUSE; EXCULPATORY CLAUSE; INDEMNITY CLAUSE. [Cases: Contracts 114. C.J.S. Contracts § 271.] “An exemption clause may take many forms, but all such clauses have one thing in common
exclusionary clause
exclusionary clause 免责条款 指交易双方在合同中约定限制对当事人的违约行使损害赔偿请求权的条款 。(→exceptions clauses)
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purview
purview (p[schwa]r-vyoo). 1. Scope; area of application. 2. The body of a statute following the preamble. “The word ‘purview’ appears sometimes to be confined to so much of the body of the statute as would be left by omitting the exceptions, provisos, and savings clauses; and as the word is ambiguous, and not very useful
ad interim copyright
Hist. A limited five-year U.S. copyright granted to the author of a foreign edition of an English-language book or periodical if, within six months after its publication abroad, the author deposited one complete copy of that edition in the U.S. Copyright Office and requested ad interim copyright protection. • An ad interim copyright was granted
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