three wicked sisters. Slang. The three doctrines — contributory negligence, the fellow-servant rule, and assumption of the risk — used by 19th-century courts to deny recovery to workers injured on the job. “These three common law defenses, contributory negligence, fellow servant rule, and assumption of the risk, became known as the ‘three wicked sisters,’ because […]
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marriage with deceased wife’s sister or deceased brother’s widow 与亡妻之姐(妹)或与亡兄(弟)之遗孀结婚
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brothers and sisters 兄弟姐妹 绝大多数情况下，制定法中的「兄弟姐妹」既包括半血缘者，也包括全血缘者。法院相当多的判例中，为使遗嘱的解释符合立遗嘱人的意旨，在无相反证据的情况下，也判决认为对兄弟姐妹所为的遗赠包括半血缘者在内。
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One of two or more corporations controlled by the same, or substantially the same, owners. — Also termed brother-sister corporation. [Cases: Corporations 1.5(2), 3. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 5–7, 62.]
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sister. A female who has one parent or both parents in common with another person. consanguine sister (kahn-sang-gwin or k[schwa]n-san-gwin).Civil law. A sister who has the same father, but a different mother. half sister. A sister who has the same father or the same mother, but not both. sister-german. A full sister; the daughter of
sister-in-law. The sister of one’s spouse or the wife of one’s brother. • The wife of one’s spouse’s brother is also sometimes considered a sister-in-law. Pl. sisters-in-law.
Slang. The three doctrines — contributory negligence, the fellow-servant rule, and assumption of the risk — used by 19th-century courts to deny recovery to workers injured on the job.
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A provision in some commercial general liability policies, excluding coverage for damages arising from the withdrawal, inspection, repair, replacement, or loss of use of the insured’s product or work, to the extent that the product or work is withdrawn or recalled from the market because of a known or suspected defect or deficiency. — Also
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