multure
multure. Hist. 1. A quantity of grain that was paid to a mill’s owner or tenant in exchange for grinding the remaining grain. 2. A miller’s right to payment in grain for milling services rendered.
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qualified investor
Securities. An investor who is an individual and has an investment portfolio worth at least $5 million, or a company that owns or manages investments worth at least $25 million.
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aquagium
aquagium ([schwa]-kway-jee-[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin] Hist. 1. A canal for draining water, esp. from marshy land. 2. A payment for supplying water to a mill or carrying goods by water.
contemporary community standards
contemporary community standards. The gauge by which a fact-finder decides whether material is obscene, judging by its patent offensiveness and its prurience in the locale at a given time. See OBSCENITY(1). [Cases: Obscenity 1. C.J.S. Obscenity §§ 1–8.] “Both pruriency and patent offensiveness are determined by ‘contemporary community standards.’ But what is the relevant community?
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obscene
obscene, adj. Extremely offensive under contemporary community standards of morality and decency; grossly repugnant to the generally accepted notions of what is appropriate. • Under the Supreme Court’s three-part test, material is legally obscene — and therefore not protected under the First Amendment — if, taken as a whole, the material (1) appeals to the
investor
investor. 1. A buyer of a security or other property who seeks to profit from it without exhausting the principal. 2. Broadly, a person who spends money with an expectation of earning a profit. accredited investor. An investor treated under the Securities Act of 1933 as being knowledgeable and sophisticated about financial matters, esp. because
aunt jemima doctrine
Aunt Jemima doctrine. Trademarks. The principle that a trademark is protected not only from use on a directly competing product, but also from use on a product so closely related in the marketplace that consumers would be confused into thinking that the products came from a single source. Aunt Jemima Mills Co. v. Rigney &
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issuable
issuable, adj. 1. Capable of being issued (an issuable writ). 2. Open to dispute or contention (an issuable argument). 3. Possible as an outcome (an award as high as $5 million is issuable in this case).
m
M. 1.abbr. MORTGAGE. 2. Hist. A letter engraved on a treasury note to show that the note bears interest at the rate of one mill per centum. 3. Hist. A brand placed on the left thumb of a person convicted of manslaughter who claimed the benefit of clergy.
laissez-faire
laissez-faire 〈法〉自由放任；放任主义；不干涉主义 一种政治经济学理论。该词可能源于17世纪后期，法国财政部长科尔贝〔Colbert〕询问一位企业家：政府可以为企业做什么，企业家回答：Laissez nous faire(不要干涉我们；让我们自己处理)。这个词即转化成为政府在经济事务上不干预，在相关法律中不加以限制的代名词。经济思想家，如英国的李嘉图〔Ricardo〕、穆勒父子〔Mills〕，法国的萨伊〔Say〕、巴师夏〔Bastiat〕，政治思想家，如边沁、德·托克维尔〔de Tocqueville〕、塔尔德〔Tarde〕和斯宾塞，都以不同的侧重接受和传播自由放任理论。这一理论的过分运用，导致了大规模无限制的竞争，19世纪中期，社会主义者开始反对这一理论，强调保护僱员和消费者的利益，强调国家控制和调节。作为法律用语，该词强调与法律限制相对的契约自由，使用和处分财产的自由。