special term
A term of court scheduled outside the general term, usu. for conducting extraordinary business. [Cases: Courts 64. C.J.S. Courts § 119.]
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special term
special term 〈美〉特别开庭期 指法院在特别时期由负责官员〔presiding officer〕指定的处理某些特别事务的期间，区别于法院常规的开庭期或休庭期。在某些州，指法院由一名法官主持对申请〔motion〕和具有衡平法性质的案件进行初次审理和裁决的期间，区别于通常由三名法官主持审理上诉案件的一般开庭期〔general term〕。在某些司法区，还指除陪审团审判以外法庭处理事务的期间。
specialty
specialty. 1. See contract under seal under CONTRACT. 2. DOCTRINE OF SPECIALTY. 3. Eminent domain. Unique property (such as a church or cemetery) that is essentially not marketable, so that its value for condemnation purposes is determined by measuring the property’s reproduction cost less any depreciation. — Also termed (in sense 3) specialty property. [Cases:
special law
A law that pertains to and affects a particular case, person, place, or thing, as opposed to the general public. — Also termed special act; private law. Cf. general law (1). [Cases: Statutes 77–104. C.J.S. Statutes §§ 148–149, 154–155, 159, 162–201.]
special damages
Damages that are alleged to have been sustained in the circumstances of a particular wrong. • To be awardable, special damages must be specifically claimed and proved. — Often shortened to specials. — Also termed particular damages. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(g). [Cases: Damages 5. C.J.S. Damages §§ 3–6.]
special errand doctrine
special-errand doctrine. The principle that an employee will be covered by workers’ compensation for injuries occurring while the employee is on a journey or special duty for the employer away from the workplace. • This is an exception to the general rule that an employee is not covered for injuries occurring away from work. —
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general term
general term 〈美〉一般开庭期；通常开庭期 在一些司法区，指法院开庭审理和裁决案件的惯常开庭期，区别于特别开庭期〔special term〕，后者指法院审理申请〔motion〕、听取辩论〔argument〕、审理特殊案件或处理各种形式上的事务〔formal business〕的期间。该词还可以指全席法官开庭〔sitting in banc〕的期间。
special non est factum
Hist. A pleading that specifies the grounds on which an instrument’s execution is invalid or nonbinding. — Also termed particular non est factum.
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determinative issues
determinative issues 决定性争点 指可以包括在陪审团所作的特别裁断〔special verdict〕中的一些基本争点，这些争点一经裁定，即可确定性地解决当事人之间的全部争议，法庭仅需根据陪审团的裁断来作出判决。
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special session
A legislative session, usu. called by the executive, that meets outside its regular term to consider a specific issue or to reduce backlog. — Also termed extra session; extraordinary session. [Cases: States 32. C.J.S. States §§ 48–50.]