letters of guardianship. A court order appointing a guardian to care for the well-being, property, and affairs of a minor or an incapacitated adult. • It defines the scope of the guardian’s rights and duties, including the extent of control over the ward’s education and medical issues. See GUARDIAN. [Cases: Guardian and Ward 16.]
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comparative legislation. A species of comparative law seeking to define the common link for modern statutory doctrines, concerned with the development of legal study as a social science and with awakening an international legal consciousness. Cf. descriptive comparative law under COMPARATIVE LAW; COMPARATIVE LEGAL HISTORY.
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emigration (em-[schwa]-gray-sh[schwa]n), n. The act of leaving a country with the intent not to return and to reside elsewhere. Cf. IMMIGRATION. — emigrate, vb. “Emigration is usually defined as the voluntary removal of an individual from his home State with the intention of residing abroad. However, not all emigration is voluntary; there sometimes exists forced
primogeniture (prI-m[schwa]-jen-[schwa]-ch[schwa]r). 1. The state of being the firstborn child among siblings. 2. The common-law right of the firstborn son to inherit his ancestor’s estate, usu. to the exclusion of younger siblings. — Also termed (in sense 2) primogenitureship. See BOROUGH ENGLISH . [Cases: Descent and Distribution 7.] “If by primogeniture we only mean ‘that
abduction (ab-d[schwa]k-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The act of leading someone away by force or fraudulent persuasion. • Some jurisdictions have added various elements to this basic definition, such as that the abductor must have the intent to marry or defile the person, that the abductee must be a child, or that the abductor must intend to
A license that gives the licensee the sole right to perform the licensed act, often in a defined territory, and that prohibits the licensor from performing the licensed act and from granting the right to anyone else; esp., such a license of a copyright, patent, or trademark right. [Cases: Patents 211(1). C.J.S. Patents § 348.]
promoter. 1. A person who encourages or incites. 2. A founder or organizer of a corporation or business venture; one who takes the entrepreneurial initiative in founding or organizing a business or enterprise. — Formerly also termed projector. [Cases: Corporations 30. C.J.S. Corporations § 67.] “The complete judicial acceptance of the term ‘promoter’ is a
moral turpitude. 1. Conduct that is contrary to justice, honesty, or morality. • In the area of legal ethics, offenses involving moral turpitude — such as fraud or breach of trust — traditionally make a person unfit to practice law. — Also termed moral depravity. 2. Military law. Any conduct for which the applicable punishment
dwelling house. 1. The house or other structure in which a person lives; a residence or abode. 2. Real estate. The house and all buildings attached to or connected with the house. 3. Criminal law. A building, a part of a building, a tent, a mobile home, or another enclosed space that is used or
Uniform Determination of Death Act. A 1978 model statute that provides a comprehensive basis for determining death. • This is a technical act that merely defines death clinically and does not deal with suicide, assisted suicide, or the right to die. The Act was revised in 1980. It has been adopted in almost all states.
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