new assignment
new assignment 新的陈述 在普通法诉讼中，如果原告的起诉模糊不清，而且被告答辩的事实并没有回答原告起诉的真实请求，则原告必须提出一个新的陈述，其中应当用新的细节重新陈述诉讼原因，说明他的诉讼并不是出于被告所认为的那种原因。
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new assignment
Hist. A plaintiff’s restatement of a claim because the first complaint did not contain sufficient details. • The purpose was to allow a plaintiff to reply to a defendant’s responsive plea that did not address the plaintiff’s specific claim because the complaint was too general. New assignment has been replaced by amended pleadings. — Also
change of ownership clause
change-of-ownership clause. Oil & gas. A provision in an oil-and-gas lease specifying what notice must be given to a lessee about a change in the leased land’s ownership before the lessee is obliged to recognize the new owner. — Also termed assignment clause.
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equitable distribution
equitable distribution. Family law. The division of marital property by a court in a divorce proceeding, under statutory guidelines that provide for a fair, but not necessarily equal, allocation of the property between the spouses. • With equitable distribution, when a marriage ends in divorce, property acquired during the marriage is divided equitably between the
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