time paper
time paper 远期票据 指在将来某一时间付款的票据。 (→time bill)
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vested
vested, adj. Having become a completed, consummated right for present or future enjoyment; not contingent; unconditional; absolute (a vested interest in the estate). [Cases: Estates in Property 1. C.J.S. Estates §§ 2–5, 8, 15–21, 116–128, 137, 243.] “[U]nfortunately, the word ‘vested’ is used in two senses. Firstly, an interest may be vested in possession, when
estate less than freehold
estate less than freehold 〈英〉非完全保有的地产(权) 包括任意地产权〔estate at will〕、定期地产权〔estate for years〕、容许地产权〔estate at sufferance〕等，它们在保有期限上短于终身地产权 。(→estate)
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cancelli
cancelli (kan-sel-I). [Latin “lattice, grille”] Archaic. 1. Lines drawn on a writing, esp. a will, indicating its revocation. See CANCELLATION(1). 2. Hist. The rails or latticework enclosing the bar of a court.
safe port clause
safe-port clause. Maritime law. A provision in a voyage or time charterparty obligating the charterer to choose a port where the ship will be safe from damage. • The ship’s master can refuse to enter the port without breaching the charter. But if the master reasonably enters the port and the ship is damaged, the
third amendment
Third Amendment. The constitutional amendment, ratified as part of the Bill of Rights in 1791, prohibiting the quartering of soldiers in private homes except during wartime.
forced conversion
The conversion of a convertible security, after a call for redemption, when the value of the security that it may be converted to is greater than the amount that will be received if the holder permits the security to be redeemed.
entail
entail, n. A fee abridged or limited to the owner’s issue or class of issue rather than descending to all the heirs. — Also termed (in Scots law) tailzie. See BARRING OF ENTAIL; FEE TAIL. [Cases: Estates in Property 12. C.J.S. Estates §§ 22–27.] — entailable, adj. “Entail is fee entailed, viz; abridged, limited, and
de scutagio habendo
de scutagio habendo (dee skyoo-tay-jee-oh h[schwa]-ben-doh), n. [Law Latin “for having scutage”] Hist. 1. A writ ordering a tenant-in-chief by knight’s service to serve in a war, send a substitute, or pay a sum of money. 2. A writ authorizing a lord who had served in the war or paid the required fine to recover
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communis opinio
communis opinio (k[schwa]-myoo-nis [schwa]-pin-ee-oh). [Latin “common opinion”] Hist. A generally accepted belief about a point of law. • If held unanimously by those learned in the law, this common belief had the force of law in classical Rome. “Communis opinio is evidence of what the law is, — not where it is an opinion merely