frame up
frame-up, n. A plot to make an innocent person appear guilty.
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frame
frame, vb. 1. To plan, shape, or construct; esp., to draft or otherwise draw up (a document). 2. To incriminate (an innocent person) with false evidence, esp. fabricated. — framable, frameable, adj.
frame
frame v. (1)构筑；建造 (2)给(照片等)装框 (3)拟订(宪法草案〔outline of a constitution〕)；设计(政府形式〔form of government〕) (4)(俚)诬陷；捏造(罪名等)
draw
draw, vb. 1. To create and sign (a draft) (draw a check to purchase goods). 2. To prepare or frame (a legal document) (draw up a will). 3. To take out (money) from a bank, treasury, or depository (she drew $6,000 from her account). 4. To select (a jury) (the lawyers began voir dire and
uniform premarital agreements act
Uniform Premarital Agreements Act. A 1983 model statute that governs the drafting of prenuptial contracts and provides a more certain framework for drafting complete and enforceable agreements. • Under the UPAA, a premarital agreement must be in writing and signed by the parties. It becomes effective only upon marriage. The agreement may govern the parties’
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metalaw
metalaw (met-[schwa]-law). A hypothetical set of legal principles based on the rules of existing legal systems and designed to provide a framework of agreement for these different systems. “[T]he Constitution controls the deployment of governmental power and defines the rules for how such power may be structured and applied. The Constitution, therefore, is not a
pact
pact. An agreement between two or more parties; esp., an agreement (such as a treaty) between two or more nations or governmental entities. “Popular understanding notwithstanding, there is no legal difference between various kinds of international instruments because of the name they are given. In other words, ‘treaties,’ ‘pacts,’ ‘protocols,’ ‘conventions,’ ‘covenants,’ and ‘declarations’ are
constituent
constituent, adj. 1. (Of a component) that helps make up or complete a unit or a whole (a constituent element of the criminal offense). 2. (Of an assembly) able to frame or amend a constitution (a constituent council). constituent, n. 1. A person who gives another the authority to act as a representative; a principal