glossary

bilagines

bilagines (bI-lay-j[schwa]-neez). [Law Latin] Hist. Town bylaws; laws made by a town’s inhabitants for their own government.

current account (1)往来账户指双方当事人未结清的、仍在往来的账户。与已结清账户相对。 (→open account) (2)活期存款账户

catchpoll n. (专司逮捕人犯的)警察；司法执行官的助手；法警

jus merae facultatis (j[schwa]s meer-ee fak-[schwa]l-tay-tis). [Law Latin] Hist. A right of mere power; a right of power merely to act.

An arrest made without proper legal authority. Cf. FALSE IMPRISONMENT.