place of wrong
place of wrong. The place, esp. the state, where the last event necessary to make an actor liable for an alleged tort takes place.
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place of wrong rule
place of wrong rule 〈美〉损害发生地规则 美国各州法院处理侵权案件时适用法律的规则，即以损害发生地的法律作为侵权案件的准据法。
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law of the place
law of the place. Under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the state law applicable to the place where the injury occurred. • Under the Act, the federal government waives its sovereign immunity for specified injuries, including certain wrongful acts or omissions of a government employee causing injury that the United States, if it were a
disturbance of common
disturbance of common. At common law, a wrongful interference with, or impediment to, another’s right to commonable property, such as a wrongful fencing or surcharge on the common. “The disturbance of common comes next to be considered; where any act is done, by which the right of another to his common is incommoded or diminished.
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locus poenitentiae
locus poenitentiae (loh-k[schwa]s pen-[schwa]-ten-shee-ee). [Latin “place of repentance”] 1. A point at which it is not too late for one to change one’s legal position; the possibility of withdrawing from a contemplated course of action, esp. a wrong, before being committed to it. “The requirement of an overt act before conspirators can be prosecuted and
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relegatio
relegatio (rel-[schwa]-gay-shee-oh), n. [fr. Latin relegare “to send away”] Roman law. Temporary or permanent banishment of a condemned criminal from Rome and the criminal’s native province, without loss of citizenship or forfeiture of all the criminal’s property. Cf. DEPORTATIO. “Relegatio. The expulsion of a citizen ordered either by an administrative act of a magistrate or
illegal alien
An alien who enters a country at the wrong time or place, eludes an examination by officials, obtains entry by fraud, or enters into a sham marriage to evade immigration laws. — Also termed undocumented alien. [Cases: Aliens 52–59. C.J.S. Aliens §§ 53, 70–71, 75, 77–82, 84–87, 92, 97–100, 102, 107, 109–111, 114, 116–134, 136,
suspicion
suspicion. The apprehension or imagination of the existence of something wrong based only on inconclusive or slight evidence, or possibly even no evidence. reasonable suspicion. A particularized and objective basis, supported by specific and articulable facts, for suspecting a person of criminal activity. • A police officer must have a reasonable suspicion to stop a
just war doctrine
just-war doctrine. Int’l law. The principle that a war should have a morally and legally sufficient cause, and must be conducted with restraint. • Precisely what is morally or legally sufficient depends on the norms of a time and place. Over the centuries the doctrine has been invoked to justify wars waged in self-defense, to
mora
mora (mor-[schwa]), n. [Latin] Roman law. Willful delay or default in fulfilling a legal obligation. • A creditor or debtor in mora could be required to pay interest on any money owed. “The word mora means delay or default. In its technical sense it means a culpable delay in making or accepting performance…. The definition