afforcing the assize. Hist. A method of securing a jury verdict from a hung jury either by denying food and drink to the members until they reached a verdict or by bringing in new jurors until 12 would agree.
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intrinsec service (in-trin-zik or -sik). Hist. The feudal services owed by a tenant to an immediate lord; the services arising from an agreement between the tenant and the lord. — Also termed intrinsecum servitium (in-trin-si-k[ schwa]m s[schwa]r-vish-ee-[schwa]m).
contravention (kon-tr[schwa]-ven-sh[schwa]n). 1. An act violating a legal condition or obligation; esp., an entail heir’s act that conflicts with the entail provision. 2. French law. A criminal breach of a law, treaty, or agreement; a minor violation of the law. • A contravention is traditionally punishable by peines de police, usu. a fine not exceeding
lay system. Maritime law. A system in which a fishing vessel’s catch is sold by contract or at auction, and then after costs are paid and the shipowner compensated, the net profits are divided among the crew members according to agreed-on percentages.
An agreement to indemnify an employer against a loss arising from the lack of integrity or honesty of an employee or of a person holding a position of trust, such as a loss from embezzlement. — Also termed fidelity guaranty insurance; fidelity and guaranty insurance; surety and fidelity insurance. [Cases: Insurance 1014. C.J.S. Insurance §
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contingent (k[schwa]n-tin-j[schwa]nt), adj. 1. Possible; uncertain; unpredictable (the trust was contingent, and the contingency never occurred). 2. Dependent on something else; conditional (her acceptance of the position was contingent upon the firm’s agreeing to guarantee her husband a position as well).
Allen charge 〈美〉艾伦指示 在陪审团难以达成一致意见而形成僵局时法官向陪审团作出的指示，要求陪审员应认真听取并尊重彼此的意见，努力作出一致裁断。因在1896年艾伦诉美国〔Allen v. United States〕一案中该指示获得最高法院的允准，故得名。也称为强迫性指示〔dynamite charge; shortgun charge〕、三级指示〔third degree charge〕。在某些州禁止使用艾伦指示。在允许使用艾伦指示的州，主持庭审的法官在作出此指示之前应仔细全面地审查它将对陪审团作出裁断的影响。
cartel (kahr-tel), n. 1. A combination of producers or sellers that join together to control a product’s production or price. 2. An association of firms with common interests, seeking to prevent extreme or unfair competition, allocate markets, or share knowledge. [Cases: Monopolies 12(1.14, 1.16).C.J.S. Monopolies §§ 54–55, 73–74, 77, 80–82, 85, 87, 93, 105, 143,
A sequence of previous performance by either party after an agreement has been entered into, when a contract involves repeated occasions for performance and both parties know the nature of the performance and have an opportunity to object to it. • A course of performance accepted or acquiesced in without objection is relevant to determining
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et sic de anno in annum quamdiu ambobus partibus placuerit (et sik dee an-oh in an-[schwa]m kwam-dee-yoo am-b[schwa]-b[schwa]s pahr-t[schwa]-b[ schwa]s plak-yoo-air-it). Hist. And so, from year to year, so long as both parties please, or are agreed. • The phrase appeared in reference to tacit relocation. See TACIT RELOCATION.
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