natural life
natural life. A person’s physical life span.
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natural life
natural life 生命；自然生命 指人的肉体在自然死亡前持续存在的时期。它与作为权利载体或法律人格载体的法律上的生命相区别，后者可因进入修道院或因犯有叛逆等重罪被剥夺公民权等而致法律上的死亡。
natural resource
natural resource. 1. Any material from nature having potential economic value or providing for the sustenance of life, such as timber, minerals, oil, water, and wildlife. 2. Environmental features that serve a community’s well-being or recreational interests, such as parks. [Cases: Environmental Law 13.]
in full life
in full life. (Of a person) alive in fact and in law; neither naturally nor civilly dead.
natural death act
natural-death act. A statute that allows a person to prepare a living will instructing a physician to withhold life-sustaining procedures if the person should become terminally ill. See ADVANCE DIRECTIVE; LIVING WILL. [Cases: Health 916.]
natural right
A right that is conceived as part of natural law and that is therefore thought to exist independently of rights created by government or society, such as the right to life, liberty, and property. See NATURAL LAW.
natural premium
The actual cost of life insurance based solely on mortality rates. • This amount will be less than a net premium. See net premium.
composition of matter
composition of matter. Patents. One of the five types of patentable statutory subject matter, consisting of com-binations of natural elements whether resulting from chemical union or from mechanical mixture, and whether the substances are gases, fluids, powders, or solids. • This classification includes chemical compounds such as drugs and fuels, physical products such as plastics
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remainder
Property. 1. A future interest arising in a third person — that is, someone other than the estate’s creator, its initial holder, or the heirs of either — who is intended to take after the natural termination of the preceding estate. • For example, if a grant is “to A for life, and then to
usufruct
usufruct (罗马法)(大陆法)用益权 对他人财产进行使用和收益，但不得改变财产基本特性的权利。用益权人要象负责任的所有人那样维护财产，用益不得造成财产的损害或减少，但财产随时间而自然损耗者不在其内。在罗马法中，用益权被视作一种财产的负担〔encumbrance〕；在现代法中，用益权人类似于终身地产保有人〔life tenant〕，该财产之所有权人则为名义上的财产所有权人〔naked owner〕。在现代民法中，用益权的特征因其所指向的物是否会被消耗而不同。有两种分类，一种是将其分为完整用益权〔perfect usufruct〕和不完整用益权〔imperfect usufruct〕或准用益权〔quasi-usufruct〕，前者所指的财产虽经使用而不改变其本质，后者所指的财产则会在使用中被消耗，如农作物、钱币等，从而用益权人有责任补偿所消耗部分的价值。另一种是根据收益的不同进行分类，即自然收益〔natural profits〕(由被使用对像直接产生)、劳作收益〔industrial profits〕(通过耕作而产生)和法定收益〔civil profits〕(通过其他民事权利而产生的收益，如租金、年金、收入等)。