lease for life. Hist. A lease of land for the duration of a specified number of lives instead of for a specified term of years. • Unlike a tenant for a term of years, a lessee for life could recover the land if dispossessed. “The rent payable was usually fairly small, but a fine was […]
relator. 1. The real party in interest in whose name a state or an attorney general brings a lawsuit. See EX REL. [Cases: Attorney General 9. C.J.S. Attorney General §§ 11, 15.] 2. The applicant for a writ, esp. a writ of mandamus, prohibition, or quo warranto. [Cases: Mandamus 144; Prohibition 19; Quo Warranto 30.
A bequest of a specific or unique item of property, such as any real estate or a particular piece of furniture. [Cases: Wills 753. C.J.S. Wills §§ 1662, 1667–1677, 1679–1683.]
Ship Mortgage Act. A federal law regulating mortgages on ships registered as U.S. vessels by, among other things, providing for enforcement of maritime liens in favor of those who furnish supplies or maintenance to the vessels. 46 USCA §§ 30101, 31301–31343. [Cases: Shipping 32. C.J.S. Shipping §§ 63–67.]
Medicare. A federal program — established under the Social Security Act — that provides health insurance for the elderly and the disabled. Cf. MEDICAID; MEDIGAP INSURANCE. [Cases: Health 520–554.] “The Medicare Program is really three programs, Parts A, B, and C. Part A, the Hospital Insurance program, covers inpatient hospital, skilled nursing, home health, and
A claim for further relief based on events occurring after the original claim was made.
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lex Fufia Caninia de Manumissione 〈拉〉(罗马法)《福利恩卡尼尼阿斯解放奴隶法》 这是公元前2世纪的一部立法，规定了主人可以通过遗嘱解放奴隶的数目和比例，《艾里亚·森迪亚法》〔Lex Aelia Sentia〕对其作有补充，但优士丁尼〔Justinian〕废除了该法。 (→lex Furia Caninia)
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civil-rights act. One of several federal statutes enacted after the Civil War (1861–1865) and, much later, during and after the civil-rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, for the purpose of implementing and giving further force to the basic rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and esp. prohibiting discrimination in employment and education on the basis
functus officio (f[schwa]ngk-t[schwa]s [schwa]-fish-ee-oh). [Latin “having performed his or her office”] (Of an officer or official body) without further authority or legal competence because the duties and functions of the original commission have been fully accomplished. • The term is sometimes abbreviated to functus (the court was functus). [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 44. C.J.S.
work-release program. A correctional program allowing a prison inmate — primarily one being readied for discharge — to hold a job outside prison. — Also termed work-furlough program. See HALFWAY HOUSE. [Cases: Convicts 7(2). C.J.S. Convicts §§ 16–18.]
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