curfew (k[schwa]r-fyoo). 1. Hist. A law requiring that all fires be extinguished at a certain time in the evening, usu. announced by the ringing of a bell. 2. A regulation that forbids people (or certain classes of them, such as minors) from being outdoors or in vehicles during specified hours. [Cases: Infants 13. C.J.S. Infants […]
duplex valor maritagii (d[y]oo-pleks val-[schwa]r mar-[schwa]-tay-jee-I), n. [Law Latin “double the value of a marriage”] Hist. A ward’s forfeiture of double the value of a marriage made without the guardian’s consent. • In the quotation that follows, Blackstone uses the accusative form (duplicem valorem maritagii) because the phrase follows the verb forfeited. “For, while the
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A ward who has been assigned a permanent guardian, the rights of the natural parents having been terminated by a juvenile court. [Cases: Guardian and Ward 9.5; Infants 155.]