A note for which multiple makers are jointly and severally liable for repayment, meaning that the payee may legally look to all the makers, or any one of them, for payment of the entire debt. See joint and several liability under LIABILITY. [Cases: Bills and Notes 120. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit§§ 81, […]
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Two or more tortfeasors whose actions, while occurring at different times, combine to cause a single injury to a third party. • Such tortfeasors are jointly and severally liable.
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advice and consent. The right of the U.S. Senate to participate in making treaties and appointing federal officers, provided by U.S. Const. art. II, § 2. • As to treaties, the Senate’s advice and consent generally includes Senate involvement in the negotiation process, and the need for a two-thirds majority of the Senate for ratification.
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notice of incomplete application. Patents. A notice sent to the applicant by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when a patent application lacks a required document or the filing fee. • The applicant generally has two months to complete the application, with an extension available upon payment of a surcharge. [Cases: Patents 104. C.J.S. Patents
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heirloom. 1. An item of personal property that by local custom, contrary to the usual legal rule, descends to the heir along with the inheritance, instead of passing to the executor or administrator of the last owner. • Traditional examples are an ancestor’s suit of armor, family portraits, title deeds, and keys. Blackstone gave a
vagrancy (vay-gr[schwa]n-see), n. 1. The state or condition of wandering from place to place without a home, job, or means of support. • Vagrancy is generally considered a course of conduct or a manner of living rather than a single act. But under some statutes, a single act has been held sufficient to constitute vagrancy.
Liability that arises from the breach of a duty that (1) is fixed primarily by the law, (2) is owed to persons generally, and (3) when breached, is redressable by an action for unliquidated damages.
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CUPOS.abbr. A cohabiting unmarried person of the opposite sex. • Although this term is intended to be syn-onymous with “POSSLQ” (a person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters), it is more literally precise because it excludes married persons. See POSSLQ.
not otherwise indexed by name. A phrase used in shipping and tariff construction, usu. to show a classification of something generally rather than specifically. • For example, a shipment of aircraft and boat engines merely labeled “other articles” is not otherwise indexed by name. — Abbr. NOIBN. [Cases: Carriers 189. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace §
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