redeemable dead rent
redeemable dead rent 可抵销的固定租金 根据采矿租赁合同而支付的一种租金，其条件是：如果最低租金超过采矿特许使用费〔royalty〕的，则超额部分可以在此后当特许权使用费超过最低租金时进行抵销。
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dead rent
dead rent. A mining-lease payment, either in addition to or as part of the royalty, that must be made whether or not the mine is working. • The purpose of the provision is to secure the working of the mine. See delay rental under RENTAL. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 70. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§
deadbeat parents punishment act
Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act. A 1998 federal statute that makes it a felony, punishable by up to two years in prison, for failure to pay child support if the obligor has crossed state lines in an attempt to avoid paying the support. • The Act provides felony penalties if (1) a person travels across state
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deadbeat mom
deadbeat mom. Slang. 1. A mother who has not paid or who is behind in making child-support payments. • This term is used far less frequently than either deadbeat dad or deadbeat parent, probably because nearly ten times as many men as women fail to support (or are ordered to support) their children financially after
posthumous child
A child born after a parent’s death. • Ordinarily, the phrase posthumous child suggests one born after the father’s death. But in at least one case, a legally dead pregnant woman was kept on life-support machines until the child could be safely delivered; so it is possible for a mother’s posthumous child to be born.
dangerous instrumentality
dangerous instrumentality 危险物；危险工具 指自身即具有固有的潜在危险之物，如枪支；或指虽本身不具有危险但因操作使用的疏忽而使其具有潜在危险之物，如船舶。在操作使用危险物时应适当注意，以避免对毗邻的财产或人身造成可合理预见的损害，否则，即使其无过错，仍应承担责任。在实践中，僱员操作使用危险工具而对第三人造成损害时，僱主应承担严格责任。 (→dangerous weapon；deadly weapon；inherently dangerous)
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heriot
heriot (her-ee-[schwa]t), n. [fr. Old English here “army” + geatwa “trappings”] Hist. A customary tribute of goods and chattels, payable to the lord of the fee on the tenant’s death. • Heriot derives from an earlier feudal service consisting of military equipment returned to the lord on the tenant’s death; over time it came to
deodand
deodand (dee-[schwa]-dand). Hist. Something (such as an animal) that has done wrong and must therefore be forfeited to the Crown. • This practice was abolished in 1846. “In the oldest records, we see no attempt to distinguish the cases in which the dead man was negligent from those in which no fault could be imputed