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confirmatio chartarum

Confirmatio Chartarum (kon-f[schwa]r-may-shee-oh kahr-tair-[schwa]m). [Latin “confirmation of the charters”] Hist. A declaration first made by Henry III in 1225 confirming the guarantees of Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest. • It was not enrolled until 1297, when, during the reign of Edward I, it was enacted, thus introducing these charters into the common

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affirmative pregnant

affirmative pregnant. A positive statement that ambiguously implies a negative; a statement that does not explicitly deny a charge, but instead answers an unasked question and thereby implies culpability, as when a person says “I returned your car yesterday” to the charge “You stole my car!” Cf. NEGATIVE PREGNANT.

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affirmative action

affirmative action. A set of actions designed to eliminate existing and continuing discrimination, to remedy lingering effects of past discrimination, and to create systems and procedures to prevent future discrimination. See reverse discrimination under DISCRIMINATION. [Cases: Civil Rights 1033(3), 1236. C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 18, 20, 23–24, 64–65.]

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affirmative plea

affirmative plea 肯定性答辩 1在衡平法诉讼中,被告提出了起诉状〔bill〕中未包含的新的事实的答辩,如果该新的事实成立,将导致原告的起诉被驳回。最初,这是衡平法上仅有的一种答辩。现美国《联邦民事诉讼规则》〔Federal Rules of Civil Procedure〕已废除了这种答辩;2在普通法上,指提出在概括否认答辩〔general issue〕中无法证明之事项的特别答辩。

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