free city. Int’l law. A country-like political and territorial entity that, although independent in principle, does not have the full capacity to act according to general international law but is nevertheless a subject of international law.
freedom of the city. Hist. An immunity or privilege from some burden, esp. from county jurisdiction and its privilege of municipal taxation and self-government, held under a royal charter.
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freedom of the city 〈英〉荣誉市民权 该术语指根据英王的特许状〔charter〕免受郡的管辖、可以对社区课税和进行自治的特权，但要受特许状条款的限制。通常它是作为一项荣誉而授予王子和其他有名望的个人。英格兰古法下市政法人〔municipal corporation〕的市民或自由民所享有的权利和特权，今天已没有太大意义，主要是作为一种荣誉的象征而授出。该术语在美国法中并没有地位，常用在欢迎参观美国城市〔city〕组织的致辞中(尤其由市长)，除了表达良好意愿外并无其他含义。
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freeman. 1. A person who possesses and enjoys all the civil and political rights belonging to the people under a free government. 2. A person who is not a slave. 3. Hist. A member of a municipal corporation (a city or borough) who possesses full civic rights, esp. the right to vote. 4. Hist. A
sequestration (see-kwes-tray-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The process by which property is removed from the possessor pending the outcome of a dispute in which two or more parties contend for it. Cf. ATTACHMENT(1); GARNISHMENT. [Cases: Sequestration 1. C.J.S. Sequestration §§ 2–3, 5.] conventional sequestration. The parties’ voluntary deposit of the property at issue in a lawsuit. judicial
A city ordinance that regulates the use to which land within various parts of the city may be put. • It allocates uses to the various districts of a municipality, as by allocating residences to certain parts and busi-nesses to other parts. A comprehensive zoning ordinance usu. regulates the height of buildings and the proportion
essendi quietum de tolonio (e-sen-dI kwI-ee-t[schwa]m dee t[schwa]-loh-nee-oh). [Latin “a writ to be free of a toll”] Hist. A writ available to a citizen or a burgess of any city or town who, by charter or prescription, is exempt from a particular toll.
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zoning ordinance. A city ordinance that regulates the use to which land within various parts of the city may be put. • It allocates uses to the various districts of a municipality, as by allocating residences to certain parts and busi-nesses to other parts. A comprehensive zoning ordinance usu. regulates the height of buildings and
discretion (di-skresh-[schwa]n). 1. Wise conduct and management; cautious discernment; prudence. 2. Individual judgment; the power of free decision-making. sole discretion. An individual’s power to make decisions without anyone else’s advice or consent. 3. Criminal & tort law. The capacity to distinguish between right and wrong, sufficient to make a person responsible for his or her
FACE.abbr. FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO CLINIC ENTRANCES ACT. face, n. 1. The surface of anything, esp. the front, upper, or outer part (the face of a clock). 2. By extension, the apparent or explicit part of a writing or record (the fraud must appear on the face of the record). 3. The inscribed side of