amotion. 1. A turning out, as the eviction of a tenant or the removal of a person from office. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 275; Officers and Public Employees 70. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 716–718, 724; Officers and Public Employees§ 175.] 2. The common-law procedure available to shareholders to remove a corporate director for cause. […]
work permit. An alien’s documentary work authorization from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. • Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, it is illegal for an employer to hire an alien who lacks a work permit. 8 USCA § 1324(a)(1). — Also termed working papers.
coram vobis (kor-[schwa]m voh-bis), n. [Latin “before you”] Hist. 1. A writ of error directed to a court other than the King’s Bench, esp. the Court of Common Pleas, to review its judgment. “Certain errors in the process of the court, committed by the defaults of the clerks, or as to matters of fact, could
Chapter 13. 1. The chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code allowing a person’s earnings to be collected by a trustee and paid to creditors by means of a court-approved debt-repayment plan if the person has a regular income. • A plan filed under Chapter 13 is sometimes called a wage-earner’s plan, a wage-earner plan,
faith-healing exemption. Family law. In a child-abuse or child-neglect statute, a provision that a parent who provides a child with faith healing (in place of standard medical treatment) will not, for that reason alone, be charged with abuse or neglect. • Nearly all states have enacted some form of faith-healing exemption. But the statutes differ
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ex defectu natalium (eks di-fek-t[y]oo n[schwa]-tay-lee-[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Hist. From defect of parentage. • Formerly, this phrase appeared in reference to a basis upon which the court rejected the will of a bastard who died without issue.
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relegatio (rel-[schwa]-gay-shee-oh), n. [fr. Latin relegare “to send away”] Roman law. Temporary or permanent banishment of a condemned criminal from Rome and the criminal’s native province, without loss of citizenship or forfeiture of all the criminal’s property. Cf. DEPORTATIO. “Relegatio. The expulsion of a citizen ordered either by an administrative act of a magistrate or
nonenablement. Patents. In a patent application’s specification, the quality of not being clear or complete enough to teach a person skilled in the art how to make and use the invention without undue experimentation. — Also termed lack of enablement.
shingle theory. Securities. The notion that a broker-dealer must be held to a high standard of conduct because by engaging in the securities business (“hanging out a shingle”), the broker-dealer implicitly represents to the world that the conduct of all its employees will be fair and meet professional norms. [Cases: Securities Regulation 27.21, 60.32(1). C.J.S.