beginning of life
beginning of life 生命的开始 从生物学而言，生命从母体子宫内的受孕时开始。在法律中涉及遗产的继承或取得时，生命的开始取生物学上的定义。但若涉及未出生儿就其所受的伤害获得在出生后可以行使的诉权能力问题时，生命则自脱离母体时开始。由于尚无制定法的规定，对于儿童或其代理人是否可以就其出生前所受伤害提起损害赔偿之诉，尚存有争议。(→birth)
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spinning house
spinning house 〈英〉妓女感化院 剑桥大学所设的一种监狱，由学校当局用于拘押那些被认定犯有与在校大学生不道德交往罪的妇女。这种拘押权在1849年被废除，但对任何这样的妇女仍可作为游手好闲者、妨害治安的人而加以惩罚。
shell game
shell game. A sleight-of-hand game that uses three cups or thimble-like objects, one of which has a pea, ball, or other small object underneath. • This is a game of chance in which one player bets that he or she can remember under which cup the object is. The cups are moved around so quickly
annuity due
An annuity that makes payments at the beginning of each pay period. Cf. ordinary annuity.
easter sittings
Easter sittings. A term of court beginning on April 15 of each year and usu. ending on May 8, but sometimes extended to May 13. • This was known until 1875 as Easter term. Cf. HILARY SITTINGS; MICHAELMAS SITTINGS; TRINITY SITTINGS.
west saxon law
West-Saxon law. Hist. A system of rules introduced by the West Saxons and one of the three principal legal systems prevailing in England in the beginning of the 11th century. • It was observed primarily in southern English counties from Kent to Devonshire. — Also termed West-Saxon lage. See MERCENLAGE; DANELAW.
vacation
vacation, n. 1. The act of vacating (vacation of the office) (vacation of the court’s order). 2. The period between one term of court and the beginning of the next; the space of time during which a court holds no sessions. [Cases: Courts 69. C.J.S. Courts § 122.] • The traditional vacations in England were
surface issue
A superficially stated issue phrased in a single sentence, without many facts, and usu. beginning with the word whether. Cf. deep issue.
concordia discordantium canonum
Concordia discordantium canonum (kon-kor-dee-[schwa] dis-kor-dan-shee-[ schwa]m k[schwa]-nohn-[schwa]m). [Latin “the harmony of the discordant canons”] Hist. A collection of eccle-siastical authorities compiled by Gratian, an Italian monk, ca. 1140. • Gratian analyzed questions of law by drawing conclusions from side-by-side comparisons of a variety of texts. Later canonist scholarship usu. pro-ceeded from Gratian’s work. — Also
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