impersonation. The act of impersonating someone. — Also termed personation. false impersonation. The crime of falsely representing oneself as another person, usu. a law-enforcement officer, for the purpose of deceiving someone. See 18 USCA §§ 912–917. — Also termed false personation. [Cases: False Personation 1.]
dual-persona doctrine (d[y]oo-[schwa]l p[schwa]r-soh-n[schwa]). The principle that makes an employer (who is normally shielded from tort liability by workers’-compensation laws) liable in tort to an employee if the liability stems from a second persona unrelated to the employer’s status as an employer. [Cases: Workers’ Compensation 2162.]
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ob reverentiam personae et metum perjurii (ob rev-[schwa]-ren-shee-[schwa]m p[schwa]r-soh-nee et mee-t[schwa]m p[schwa]r-juur-ee-I). [Law Latin] Hist. On account of reverence to the person and the fear of perjury. • On this basis, certain witnesses could be excluded or could decline to answer certain questions that might cause them to commit perjury rather than admit to some
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legal-personal representative 〈美〉法律上的人格代表 当立遗嘱人使用该词于动产时，指遗嘱执行人或遗产管理人〔executor or administrator〕；当立遗嘱人使用该词于不动产时，指在立遗嘱人死后立即将该不动产转移给他的人；当在海员死亡的情况下使用该词时，指官方的遗产管理人、遗嘱执行人，或者在该海员居住的州指定的遗产管理人。
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An action that proceeds within some category of territorial jurisdiction other than in personam — that is, jurisdiction in rem, quasi in rem, or over status.
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Larceny in which the goods are taken directly from the person, but without violence or intimidation, the victim usu. being unaware of the taking. • Pickpocketing is a typical example. This offense is similar to robbery except that violence or intimidation is not involved. Cf. ROBBERY. [Cases: Larceny 19. C.J.S. Larceny §§ 8, 10–11.]
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unreasonable, adj. 1. Not guided by reason; irrational or capricious. 2. Not supported by a valid exception to the warrant requirement (unreasonable search and seizure). [Cases: Searches and Seizures 24. C.J.S. Searches and Seizures §§ 14, 16, 23, 50, 58.]