corporate veil. The legal assumption that the acts of a corporation are not the actions of its shareholders, so that the shareholders are exempt from liability for the corporation’s actions. See PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL. [Cases: Corporations 1. 3. C.J.S. Corporations § 8.]
de essendo quietum de theolonio (dee e-sen-doh kwI-ee-t[schwa]m dee thee-[ schwa]-loh-nee-oh), n. [Law Latin “of being quit of toll”] Hist. A writ authorizing a person who is exempt from paying a toll to enforce the exemption without harassment. — Also spelled de essendo quietum de tolonio.
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A lien imposed on a judgment debtor’s nonexempt property. • This lien gives the judgment creditor the right to attach the judgment debtor’s property. — Also termed lien of judgment. See EXEMPT PROPERTY. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 2671; Judgment 752–802. C.J.S. Judgments §§ 551–616.]
de sectis non faciendis (dee sek-tis non fay-shee-en-dis), n. [Law Latin “of not doing services”] Hist. A writ exempting a ward or dowress from performing certain services.
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W–4 form. Tax. A form that indicates the number of personal exemptions an employee is claiming and that is used by the employer in determining the amount of income to be withheld from the employee’s paycheck for feder-al-income tax purposes. — Also termed Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate. Cf. W-2 FORM. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4849. C.J.S.
law enforcement. 1. The detection and punishment of violations of the law. • This term is not limited to the enforcement of criminal laws. For example, the Freedom of Information Act contains an exemption from disclosure for information compiled for law-enforcement purposes and furnished in confidence. That exemption is valid for the enforcement of a
militia (m[schwa]-lish-[schwa]), n. 1. A body of citizens armed and trained, esp. by a state, for military service apart from the regular armed forces. • The Constitution recognizes a state’s right to form a “well-regulated militia” but also grants Congress the power to activate, organize, and govern a federal militia. U.S. Const. amend. II; U.S.
faltering-company exception. A provision in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act exempting an employer from giving the required 60-day notice for a plant shutdown if (1) at the time notice was due, the employer was seeking capital or resources that would have allowed the employer to avoid a shutdown, and (2) the employer reasonably
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yeoman of the guard. A member of a corps of officers whose primary duties are to ceremonially guard the English royal household. • A yeoman is usu. at least six feet tall, is of the best rank under the gentry, and is generally exempt from arrest on civil process. — Also termed yeoman of the
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Total income from all sources before deductions, exemptions, or other tax reductions. IRC (26 USCA) § 61. — Also termed gross earnings. [Cases: Taxation 979.]