nonuser
nonuser. The failure to exercise a right (such as a franchise or easement), as a result of which the person having the right might lose it (the government may not revoke a citizen’s voting right because of nonuser). Cf. USER(1).
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marriage bonus
marriage bonus. Tax. The difference between the reduced income-tax liability owed by a married couple filing a joint income-tax return and the greater amount they would have owed had they been single and filed individually. — Also termed singles’ penalty. Cf. MARRIAGE PENALTY.
dolus bonus
dolus bonus 〈拉〉(罗马法)善意诈骗 指习惯中所容忍的欺骗，即行为人的吹嘘、夸耀或掩盖缺陷等。如卖瓜人自夸其瓜脆而甜，虽有不符事实之嫌，但为习俗所允许，因此法律不予禁止。
no bonus clause
no-bonus clause. Landlord–tenant law. A lease provision that takes effect upon governmental condemnation, limiting the lessee’s damages to the value of any improvements to the property and preventing the lessee from recovering the difference between the lease’s fixed rent and the property’s market rental value. See CONDEMNATION. [Cases: Eminent Domain 155. C.J.S. Eminent Domain §
nonuse
nonuse. 1. The failure to exercise a right (nonuse of the easement). 2. The condition of not being put into service (the equipment was in nonuse). 3. Intellectual property. ABANDONMENT(7–9).