failure of good behavior
A civil servant’s act that is ground for removal. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 69.7. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 133, 164–166.]
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good behavior
good behavior 品行良好；行为端正 指守纪律的、合法的行为，平和守法的公民应有的品行。在对刑事被告人宣告缓刑的裁判中，「品行良好」仅指其行为符合法律的规定。根据美国有些州的刑事制度，犯人每「品行良好」一天可减少刑期一天。 (→goodtime allowance)
good behavior
good behavior. 1. A standard by which judges are considered fit to continue their tenure. [Cases: Judges 7. C.J.S. Judges §§ 21–24, 27–29.] 2. Orderly conduct, which in the context of penal law allows a prisoner to reduce the time spent in prison. Cf. good time under TIME. [Cases: Prisons 15; Sentencing and Punishment 1966.
failure of good behavior
failure of good behavior 行为不良；行为不当 指违反公认的礼仪或道德标准的行为、失职或违法行为。
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good moral character
good moral character, n. 1. A pattern of behavior that is consistent with the community’s current ethical standards and that shows an absence of deceit or morally reprehensible conduct. • An alien seeking to be naturalized must show good moral character in the five years preceding the petition for naturalization. [Cases: Aliens 62(5). C.J.S. Aliens
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goodtime allowance
goodtime allowance 缩减刑期 对在执行期间表现良好的犯人可给以减少刑期的奖励，以此激励同狱犯人改过自新。 (→good behavior)
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good time
The credit awarded to a prisoner for good conduct, which can reduce the duration of the prisoner’s sentence. Cf. GOOD BEHAVIOR; earned time. [Cases: Prisons 15. C.J.S. Prisons and Rights of Prisoners § 153.]
decenary
decenary. Hist. A town or district consisting of ten freeholding families. • A freeholder of the decenary (a decennarius) was bound by frankpledge to produce any wrongdoer living in the decenary. — Also spelled decennary. — Also termed decenna; tithing. Cf. FRANKPLEDGE. “The civil division of the territory of England is into counties, of those
act of settlement
Act of Settlement. Hist. An act of Parliament (12 & 13 Will. 3, ch. 2 (1701)) that resolved the question of royal succession unsettled after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. • The question was resolved by limiting the Crown to Protestant members of the House of Hanover. The Act also provided that the sovereign must