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directive on the legal protection of computer programs

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Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs. Copyright. A 1991 European Commission initiative requiring members to protect computer software by copyright rather than by patent or some sui generis set of legal rights. • The purpose of the Directive was to harmonize copyright laws among the members of the European Commission. It standardized the

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acquiescence for detection

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acquiescence for detection 为侦破而默认(犯罪) 指为了查明犯罪真相及拘捕刑事犯罪人，故意装扮成共犯或以其他形式给予其积极或消极的帮助。此种行为与执法人员诱人入彀〔entrapment〕的区别在于，前者仅是通过给予嫌疑人一个机会来检验其是否会实施犯罪，而后者则是实际引诱一个本无犯意的人去实施犯罪。

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consumer protection law

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consumer-protection law. A state or federal statute designed to protect consumers against unfair trade and credit practices involving consumer goods, as well as to protect consumers against faulty and dangerous goods. [Cases: Consumer Credit 1; Consumer Protection 2. C.J.S. Credit Reporting Agencies; Consumer Protection §§ 24, 27, 33, 35, 37–39; Interest and Usury; Consumer Credit

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protective trust

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protective trust 保护信托 挥霍者信托〔spendthrift trust〕的一种，是保护信托财产以确保能持续扶养受益人的信托。保护信托中设有「没收条款」〔provision for forfeiture〕，即在受益人企图转让信托利益或债权人企图追及信托利益时，受益人的信托利益即告终止，该信托自动转化为「自由裁量信托」〔discretionary trust〕。保护信托旨在保护信托财产不受受益人的债务或其自愿转让行为的影响。 (→discretionary trust)

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diplomatic protection

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diplomatic protection. Protection given by one country’s representatives to a person, usu. its citizen, against another country’s alleged violation of international law. “The term diplomatic protection is not altogether precise. First, not only diplomatic agents and missions and other foreign offices may and do exercise diplomatic protection, but also, at a different level, consuls, and,

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