common order
See conditional judgment under JUDGMENT.
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common order
common order 〈美〉普通裁定 在一些司法区的诉讼中使用的一种具有附条件判决〔conditional judgment〕性质的裁定，该裁定送交给缺席的被告人，并警告其如果不出庭应诉，法院将宣告对其不利的实际判决。
common serjeant
common serjeant 〈英〉伦敦助理法官 伦敦的一种司法官员，由国王在出庭律师中任命，主要负责帮助伦敦首席司法官〔recorder〕处理伦敦中央刑事法院〔Central Criminal Court〕的刑事案件，也作为伦敦市政府的法律顾问。现在他既作为巡回法官，又作为市长及伦敦市法院和中央刑事法院的法官。
disorderly house
disorderly house. 1. A dwelling where people carry on activities that are a nuisance to the neighborhood. [Cases: Disorderly House 1. C.J.S. Disorderly Houses § 2.] 2. A dwelling where people conduct criminal or immoral activities. • Examples are brothels and drug houses. — Also termed (more narrowly) bawdy house; house of prostitution; house of
division order
division order. Oil & gas. A contract for the sale of oil or gas, specifying how the payments are to be distributed. • Royalty owners enter into division orders to sell minerals and to instruct how payments are to be made under a mineral lease. Working-interest owners also commonly sign division orders to instruct purchasers
unfinished business and general orders
A common category on an agenda. See unfinished business; general order under ORDER(4).
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emergency protective order
A temporary protective order granted on an expedited basis, usu. after an ex parte hearing (without notice to the other side), most commonly to provide injunctive relief from an abuser in a domestic-violence case; esp., a short-term restraining order that is issued at the request of a law-enforcement officer in response to a domestic-violence complaint
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common serjeant
common serjeant. A judicial officer, appointed by the city of London, who helps the recorder in criminal trials.
clerk of the house of commons
Clerk of the House of Commons. An officer of the House of Commons who keeps the House journal, signs orders, indorses bills sent to the House of Lords, and has custody of all records. • The Clerk is appointed for life by the Crown.
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order of the coif
order of the coif 〈英〉高级律师阶层 对英国旧时高级律师〔serjeants-at-law〕阶层的称呼，是历史上英国律师界的最高阶层，又被称为「白帽阶层」。在19世纪中期，他们对在民诉法庭〔Court of Common Pleas〕执业具有垄断地位。1846年以后，法院根据制定法的要求向所有律师开放后，该阶层便逐渐消失了。最后一位高级律师纳撒尼尔·林德利〔Nathaniel Lindley〕是于1875年被任命的。现在的美国律师界对这一阶层的缘来知之甚少。但是法学院中出类拔萃的学生可以入选一个也称为「白帽阶层」的组织，它是一个由少数获得最高学分的学生组成的荣誉性法律团体。 (→coif)