proponent, n. 1. A person who puts forward a legal instrument for consideration or acceptance; esp., one who offers a will for probate. [Cases: Wills 211, 219. C.J.S. Wills §§ 453–456, 468.] 2. A person who puts forward a proposal; one who argues in favor of something (a proponent of gun control). 3. Parliamentary law. […]
propone (pr[schwa]-pohn), vb. To put forward for consideration or adjudication (propone a will for probate).
durante absentia 〈拉〉(提出检验遗嘱者〔proponent〕和指定的遗嘱执行人〔executor〕)不在期间 (→administration durante absentia; administrator; administrator of absentee)
boot camp. 1. A camp for basic training of Navy or Marine Corps recruits. 2. A military-like facility esp. for juvenile offenders. • Boot camps are specialized programs for offenders who are generally nonviolent males from 17 to 25 years old. While proponents applaud the success of these programs, others find their long-term success limited
bellum justum (bel-[schwa]m j[schwa]s-t[schwa]m). [Latin] Int’l law. A just war; one that the proponent considers morally and legally justifiable, such as a war against an aggressive, totalitarian regime. • Under Roman law, before war could be declared, the fetiales (a group of priests who monitored international treaties) had to certify to the Senate that just
alternative dispute resolution. A procedure for settling a dispute by means other than litigation, such as arbitra-tion or mediation. — Abbr. ADR. — Also termed dispute resolution. See ARBITRATION; MEDIATION. [Cases: Arbitration 1. C.J.S. Arbitration §§ 2–3.] “ADR can be defined as encompassing all legally permitted processes of dispute resolution other than litigation. While this
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recidivist (ri-sid-[schwa]-vist), n. One who has been convicted of multiple criminal offenses, usu. similar in nature; a repeat offender (proponents of prison reform argue that prisons don’t cure the recidivist). — Also termed habitual offender; habitual criminal; repeater; career criminal. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 1200. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1638–1639, 1641.]
law and economics. (often cap.) 1. A discipline advocating the economic analysis of the law, whereby legal rules are subjected to a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether a change from one legal rule to another will increase or decrease allocative efficiency and social wealth. • Originally developed as an approach to antitrust policy, law and