preferred cause
A case that a court may for good reason accelerate and try ahead of other cases. — Also termed preference case; preference cause.
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preferred docket
A list of cases set for trial, arranged in order of priority. • Criminal cases are, for example, generally given precedence over civil cases on the preferred docket because of the constitutional right to a speedy trial. [Cases: Criminal Law 632(2); Trial 13. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1144; Trial §§ 77, 81–90.]
worthiest of blood
worthiest of blood, n. Hist. Of or relating to males, because of the preference given them in the laws of descent. See PRIMOGENITURE. “Thus sons shall be admitted before daughters; or, as our male lawgivers have somewhat uncomplaisantly expressed it, the worthiest blood shall be preferred. As if John Stiles hath two sons, Matthew and
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freeze
freeze, n. 1. A period when the government restricts or immobilizes certain commercial activity. credit freeze. A period when the government restricts bank-lending. wage-and-price freeze. A period when the government forbids the increase of wages and prices. 2. A recapitalization of a closed corporation so that the value of its existing capital is concentrated primarily
table
table, n. 1. A synopsized representation, esp. in columnar form, of the particulars of a subject, usu. to present diverse items in a way that can be more easily understood. • Examples include actuarial tables, genealogical tables (which show the names and relationships of all the persons constituting a family), and interest tables. 2. A
unfinished business
A general order carried over from an earlier meeting in the same session because the meeting adjourned before or while considering it. • The term “unfinished business” is preferred to “old business,” which may incorrectly imply renewed consideration of business that has been finally disposed of. See general order under ORDER(4); SESSION(2).
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business
business. 1. A commercial enterprise carried on for profit; a particular occupation or employment habitually engaged in for livelihood or gain. 2. Commercial enterprises (business and academia often have congruent aims). 3. Commercial transactions (the company has never done business in Louisiana). See DOING BUSINESS. 4. By extension, transactions or matters of a noncommercial nature