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reward

reward n. (1)赏金;赏格 指因完成某一行为或取得某一成就而得到的回报,该种回报可以是有价值的任何财物,但多指金钱,故称之为赏金。而且,获得赏金的情形多指发现失物或提供线索抓捕逃犯等行为。它与奖金〔bounty〕基本同义,区别在于前者仅适用于一次性行为的场合,即只能由完成该一次性行为(如发现失物)的人获得赏金;后者则可以由符合条件的任何人所获,其针对的行为往往由不同的人均可以完成。 (2)悬赏;悬赏合同 为某一信息或行为而提供赏金,则构成一个悬赏合同。第一个提供信息或完成行为的人即可获得该赏金,而不论该人的动机。(→award; prize)

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reward

reward, n. 1. Something of value, usu. money, given in return for some service or achievement, such as recovering property or providing information that leads to the capture of a criminal. [Cases: Rewards 0. 5.] 2. SALVAGE (3). — reward, vb.

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head money

head money. 1. A tax on people who fit within a designated class; a poll tax. See capitation tax, poll tax under TAX. [Cases: Taxation 106. C.J.S. Taxation §§ 1671–1672.] 2. A bounty offered by a government for a prisoner taken at sea during a naval engagement. • This bounty is divided among the officers

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donation land

Land granted from the public domain to an individual as a gift, usu. as a reward for services or to encourage settlement in a remote area. • The term was initially used in Pennsylvania to reward Revolutionary War soldiers. Cf. certificate land. [Cases: Public Lands 45. C.J.S. Public Lands §§ 67–70.]

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bounty

bounty n. (1)赠与物 (2)奖金;奖赏;津贴 指由他人,尤其是政府所提供或给予的一种额外利益,以鼓励其从事某些活动。例如为鼓励应征入伍而对军人所发的津贴。它与赏金〔reward〕有所不同,其可以由任何完成指定行为的人所得,例如因杀死危险动物而给予奖金;而赏金则针对只可以实施一次的行为,只能由实施该行为的一人或与其合作之人获得,余者则不能获得,例如追捕逃犯而得的赏金。(→reward)

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praemium emancipationis

praemium emancipationis (pree-mee-[schwa]m i-man-s[schwa]-pay-shee-oh-nis). [Latin “reward for emancipation”] Roman law. A compensation allowed by Constantine to a father on the emancipation of his child, consisting of one-third of the property that came to the child from his mother’s side. • Justinian replaced this with the usufruct of half the child’s separate property.

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simony

simony (sim-[schwa]-nee orsI-m[schwa]-nee), n. [fr. Latin simonia “payment for things spiritual,” fr. the proper name Simon Magus (see below)] Hist. Eccles. law. The unlawful practice of giving or receiving money or gifts in exchange for spiritual promotion; esp., the unlawful buying or selling of a benefice or the right to present clergy to a vacant

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