clean slate rule
clean-slate rule. Criminal procedure. The doctrine that the double-jeopardy prohibition does not apply to the retrial of a defendant who appealed and obtained a reversal of an earlier conviction. [Cases: Double Jeopardy 107. 1.]
Search Results for: SLATE
slate
slate. A list of candidates, esp. for political office or a corporation’s board of directors, that usu. includes as many candidates for election as there are representatives being elected. [Cases: Corporations 283(2). C.J.S. Corporations §§ 373, 439–442.]
legislate
legislate v. (1)立法；制定或通过法律；履行立法职责 (2)用立法规定、创设、实现或取消某事物；通过立法进行控制 该词在19世纪以前极少使用。在此前，制定法律一词使用的是enact或者ordain。
legislate
legislate, vb. 1. To make or enact laws (the role of our lawmakers is to legislate, not to adjudicate). 2. To bring (something) into or out of existence by making laws; to attempt to control (something) by legislation ( virtually every attempt to legislate morality has failed).
judicial restraint
judicial restraint. 1. A restraint imposed by a court, as by a restraining order, injunction, or judgment. 2. The principle that, when a court can resolve a case based on a particular issue, it should do so, without reaching unnecessary issues. [Cases: Appeal and Error 843; Federal Courts 756. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 705–706.]
judicial restraint Read More »
interpreter
interpreter. A person who translates, esp. orally, from one language to another; esp., a person who is sworn at a trial to accurately translate the testimony of a witness who is deaf or who speaks a foreign language. [Cases: Criminal Law 642; Trial 22; Witnesses 230. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1152; Trial § 95; Witnesses
make law
make law. 1. To legislate. 2. To issue a legal precedent, esp. a judicial decision, that establishes a new rule of law on a particular subject. 3. Hist. To deny a plaintiff’s charge under oath, in open court, with compurgators.
derivative
derivative, adj. Copyright. Of, relating to, or constituting a work that is taken from, translated from, adapted from, or in some way further developed from a previous work. • Copyright protection includes the exclusive right in derivative works, such as a screenplay adapted from a book, or a variant musical arrangement. See derivative work under
liber authenticorum
Liber Authenticorum (lI-b[schwa]r aw-then-t[schwa]-kor-[schwa]m). [Latin] Roman law. A translated, unabridged collection of Justinian’s Greek Novels, assembled between A.D. 535 and 556. • This collection is distinguished from the similar work, the Epitome Juliani. — Also termed Authenticum.
liber authenticorum Read More »
modus tenendi parliamentum
Modus Tenendi Parliamentum (moh-d[schwa]s t[schwa]-nen-dI pahr-l[schwa]-men-t[schwa]m). [Law Latin “the manner of holding Parliament”] Hist. A 14th-century writing on the powers of Parliament, translated in the 17th century and edited by T.D. Hardy in 1846.
modus tenendi parliamentum Read More »