normal, adj. 1. According to a regular pattern; natural (it is normal to be nervous in court). • The term describes not just forces that are constantly and habitually operating but also forces that operate periodically or with some degree of frequency. In this sense, its common antonyms are unusual and extraordinary. 2. According to […]
parliamentary, adj. 1. Of or relating to a parliament. 2. Parliamentary law. Of or relating to rules of order for the conduct of business in deliberative assemblies.
regulation, n. 1. The act or process of controlling by rule or restriction (the federal regulation of the airline industry). 2. BYLAW(1) (the CEO referred to the corporate regulation). 3. A rule or order, having legal force, usu. issued by an administrative agency (Treasury regulations explain and interpret the Internal Revenue Code). — Abbr. reg;
distinguish, vb. 1. To note a significant factual, procedural, or legal difference in (an earlier case), usu. to minimize the case’s precedential effect or to show that it is inapplicable (the lawyer distinguished the cited case from the case at bar). “In practice, courts do not concede to their predecessors the power of laying down
ducat (d[schwa]k-it). A gold coin used as currency, primarily in Europe and first appearing in Venice in the early 1100s, with the motto sit tibi, Christe, dato, quem tu regis, iste Ducatus (“let this duchy which thou rulest be dedicated to thee, O Christ”). • It survived into the 20th century in several countries, including
regime (r[schwa]-zheemor ray-zheem). 1. A system of rules, regulations, or government (the community-property regime). 2. A particular administration or government, esp. an authoritarian one. — Also spelled régime. international regime. A set of norms of behavior and rules and policies that cover international issues and that facilitate substantive or procedural arrangements among countries. legal regime.
A witness who, by explaining the manner in which a company’s business records are made and kept, is able to lay the foundation for the admission of business records under an exception to the hearsay rule. Fed. R. Evid. 803(6). [Cases: Evidence 373. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 824–825, 917–919, 932–933.]
Coase Theorem (kohs). An economic proposition describing the relationship between legal rules about entitle-ments and economic efficiency. • The theorem, innovated by Ronald Coase, holds that if there are no transaction costs — such as the costs of bargaining or acquiring information — then any legal rule will produce an efficient result. Coase’s seminal article
Int’l law. A treaty (to which the United States is a party) negotiated in Warsaw, Poland, in 1929, consisting of uniform rules governing claims made for personal injuries arising out of international air travel. Cf. MONTREAL AGREEMENT. [Cases: Carriers 307; Treaties 8.C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace §§ 265, 267; Carriers § 573; Treaties § 6.]