foreign object. An item that appears where it does not belong; esp., an item introduced into a living body, such as a sponge that is left in a patient’s body during surgery. • The discovery rule usu. tolls the statute of limitations for a medical-malpractice claim based on a foreign object. — Also termed foreign […]
Impossibility due to the nature of the performance and not to the inability of the individual promisor.
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Entrapment as judged by focusing on egregious law-enforcement conduct, not on the defendant’s predisposition.
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natural object of (testator’s) bounty 自然受遗赠人 １指根据遗嘱法，在没有遗嘱的情况下，任何依法有权取得遗赠的人；２在一般案件中指死者的近亲属。
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conscientious objector. A person who for moral or religious reasons is opposed to participating in any war, and who may be excused from military conscription but remains subject to serving in civil work for the nation’s health, safety, or interest. See 50 USCA § 456. Cf. PACIFIST. [Cases: Armed Services 20.6(3). C.J.S. Armed Services §§
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object code. Copyright. The machine-readable language compiled from a computer programmer’s source code. • Object code is difficult to reverse-engineer, so publicly available software is always in this form. Object code is protected by copyright and patent laws. Because people cannot read or understand it, object code is deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office more
The aim or purpose of legislation; the end or design that a statute is meant to accomplish.
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contemporaneous objection rule 同时(提出的)异议原则该原则要求在上诉程序中，在决定是否采纳某一证据时，如反对采纳，必须及时提出异议。
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object (ob-jekt), n. 1. A person or thing to which thought, feeling, or action is directed (the natural object of one’s bounty). See NATURAL OBJECT. object of a power. A person appointable by a donee. See POWER OF APPOINTMENT. 2. Something sought to be attained or accomplished; an end, goal, or purpose (the financial objects