almoner (al-m[schwa]-n[schwa]r). A person charged with distributing the alms of a monarch, religious house, or other institution. • This office was first instituted in religious houses and although formerly one of importance is now almost a sinecure.
Louisiana law. The designation of a person who is not a trustee to take full ownership of property and deliver it to another designated person at death. • The first donee is called the institute, the second the substitute. See INSTITUTE(5); SUBSTITUTE(2).
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poenae secundarum nuptiarum (pee-nee sek-[schwa]n-dair-[schwa]m n[schwa]p-shee-air-[schwa]m). [Latin “penalties of second marriages”] Roman law. Disabilities that, for the protection of children of a first marriage, are imposed on a parent who remarries. “If either parent re-married, the interests of the children of the first marriage were protected (in the later Roman Empire) by a number of
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. An independent federal foundation that encourages and supports progress in the humanities and the arts by supporting the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. • The agency was created by act of Congress in
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reasonable dispatch clause 合理交运条款 为协会货运条款(Institute Cargo Clause)之一。其内容是：“本保险的必要条件是被保险人在其所控制的一切情况下，须将货物合理迅速地交运妥当。”
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