A contract between two parties in which one party provides the grubstake — money and supplies — and the other party prospects for and locates mines on public land. • Each party acquires an interest in the mine as agreed to in the contract. Grubstake contracts are used chiefly in the western United States. In […]
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Int’l law. A suspension or temporary cessation of hostilities by agreement between belligerent powers. — Also termed armistice; ceasefire; suspension of arms. [Cases: War and National Emergency 33. C.J.S. War and National Defense § 50.] — trucial,adj.
assumption, n. 1. A fact or statement taken for granted; a supposition (a logical assumption). 2. The act of taking (esp. someone else’s debt or other obligation) for or on oneself; the agreement to so take (assumption of a debt). — assume, vb. implied assumption. The imposition of personal liability on a land purchaser who
pacta sunt servanda (pak-t[schwa] s[schwa]nt s[schwa]r-van-d[schwa]). [Latin “agreements must be kept”] The rule that agreements and stipulations, esp. those contained in treaties, must be observed (the Quebec courts have been faithful to the pacta sunt servanda principle). [Cases: Contracts 1. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 2–3, 9, 12.]
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A written verdict put into a sealed envelope when the jurors have agreed on their decision but court is not in session or the jury is continuing to deliberate other counts. • Upon delivering a sealed verdict, the jurors may separate. When court convenes again, this verdict is officially returned with the same effect as
crime against the law of nations. Int’l law. 1. A crime punishable under internationally prescribed criminal law or defined by an international convention and required to be made punishable under the criminal law of the member states. 2. A crime punishable under international law; an act that is internationally agreed to be of a criminal
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indent, n. 1. Hist. An indented certificate of indebtedness issued by the U.S. government or a state government in the late 18th or early 19th century. 2. A contract or deed in writing. indent (in-dent), vb. Hist. 1. To cut in a serrated or wavy line; esp., to sever (an instrument) along a serrated line
senatorial courtesy. 1. The tradition that the President should take care in filling a high-level federal post (such as a judgeship) with a person agreeable to the senators from the nominee’s home state, lest the senators defeat confirmation. [Cases: Judges 3. C.J.S. Judges §§ 12–14.] “The risk of a deadlock is minimized by [the President’s]
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Oil & gas. A drilling contract under which the drilling contractor promises to perform specified functions for an agreed price. • The lease operator has little or no discretion to control the drilling contractor, and so assumes little or no liability for damages that the drilling may cause. Cf. daywork drilling contract; footage drilling contract.
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Law Latin. A corrupted form of Latin formerly used in law and legal documents, including judicial writs, royal charters, and private deeds. • It primarily consists of a mixture of Latin, French, and English words used in English sentence structures. — Abbr. L.L.; L. Lat. — Also written law Latin. “LAW LATIN. A technical kind