diversity, n. 1. DIVERSITY OF CITIZENSHIP. 2. Ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender heterogeneity within a group; the combination within a population of people with different backgrounds. • The Supreme Court has found diversity in education to be a compelling government interest that can support a narrowly tailored affirmative-action plan. Grutter v. Bollinger, 123 S.Ct. 2325 (2003). […]
ad non executa (ad non ek-s[schwa]-kyoo-t[schwa]), adv. [Latin] Hist. For the things not executed (as by an executor).
gibbet (jib-it), n. Hist. A post with one arm extending from the top, from which criminals are either executed by hanging or suspended after death as a warning to other potential offenders; a type of gallows. double gibbet. A gibbet with two arms extending from its top so that it resembles a capital “T.”
tutorship. Civil law. The office and power of a tutor; the power that an individual has, sui juris, to take care of one who cannot care for himself or herself. • The four types of tutorship are (1) tutorship by nature, (2) tutorship by will, (3) tutorship by the effect of the law, and (4)
Rare. A deed executed by a grantor shortly before death. • The grantor need not be aware that he or she is near death when the deed is executed.
do-not-resuscitate order. A document, executed by a competent person, directing that if the person’s heartbeat and breathing both cease while in a hospital, nursing home, or similar facility, no attempts to restore heartbeat or breathing should be made. — Abbr. DNR order. See advance directive. out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order. A do-not-resuscitate order, executed by a person
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lex loci contractus (leks loh-sI k[schwa]n-trak-t[schwa]s). [Latin] The law of the place where a contract is executed or to be performed. • Lex loci contractus is often the proper law by which to decide contractual disputes. — Often shortened to lex loci; lex contractus. [Cases: Contracts 144. C.J.S. Conflict of Laws §§ 91–93; Contracts §§
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datum (day-t[schwa]m), n. [fr. Latin dare “to give”] 1. A piece of information. Pl. data. 2. Hist. Something given or executed. 3. A date.
A statutory merger that is less expensive and time-consuming than an ordinary statutory merger, usu. permitted when a subsidiary merges into a parent that already owns most of the subsidiary’s shares. • Such a merger is generally accomplished when the parent adopts a merger resolution, mails a copy of the plan to the subsidiary’s record