day fine
A fine payable over time, usu. as a percentage of the defendant’s earnings on a weekly or monthly basis.
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banking day
banking day. 1. Banking hours on a day when a bank is open to the public for carrying on substantially all its banking functions. • Typically, if the bookkeeping and loan departments are closed by a certain hour, the remainder of that day is not part of that bank’s banking day. 2. A day on
ultra fines mandati
ultra fines mandati ([schwa]l-tr[schwa] fI-neez man-day-tI). [Law Latin] Hist. Beyond the limits of the mandate.
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day of demurrage
Maritime law. A day beyond the days allowed for loading or unloading cargo. • A fine is usu. assessed for each day of delay. See DEMURRAGE. Cf. LAYDAY.
shock probation
Probation that is granted after a brief stay in jail or prison. • Shock probation is intended to awaken the defendant to the reality of confinement for failure to abide by the conditions of probation. This type of probation is discretionary with the sentencing judge and is usu. granted within 180 days of the original
congé d’accorder
congé d’accorder (kawn-zhay da-kor-day). [Law French] Hist. Leave to accord. • Courts used this phrase in fictitious land-title lawsuits to grant the defendant permission to agree with the plaintiff’s allegations. See FINE(1).
villeinage
villeinage (vil-[schwa]-nij). Hist. 1. The holding of property through servitude to a feudal lord; a servile type of tenure in which a tenant was obliged to render base services to a lord. Cf. KNIGHT SERVICE; SOCAGE. 2. A villein’s status, condition, or service. — Also spelled villenage; villainage; villanage. — Also termed villein tenure. “The
cadena
cadena (ka-day-n[schwa]). [Spanish “chain”] Spanish law. A period of imprisonment; formerly, confinement at hard labor while chained from waist to ankle. cadena perpetua (ka-day-n[schwa] p[schwa]r-pet-w[schwa]). Life imprisonment. cadena temporal (ka-day-n[schwa] tem-por-ahl). Imprisonment for a term less than life.
contravention
contravention (kon-tr[schwa]-ven-sh[schwa]n). 1. An act violating a legal condition or obligation; esp., an entail heir’s act that conflicts with the entail provision. 2. French law. A criminal breach of a law, treaty, or agreement; a minor violation of the law. • A contravention is traditionally punishable by peines de police, usu. a fine not exceeding
adjournment
adjournment ([schwa]-j[schwa]rn-m[schwa]nt), n. 1. The act of adjourning; specif., a putting off of a court session or other meeting or assembly until a later time. See ADJOURN. adjournment sine die ([schwa]-j[schwa]rn-m[schwa]nt sI-nee [or sin-ay] dI-ee). The ending of a deliberative assembly’s or court’s session without setting a time to reconvene. — Also termed adjournment without