monomania (mon-[schwa]-may-nee-[schwa]). Insanity about some particular subject or class of subjects, usu. manifested by a single insane delusion. • A will made by someone suffering from this condition is usu. held valid unless the evidence shows that particular provisions in the will were influenced by the insane delusion. [Cases: Mental Health 3. 1.] — monomaniacal, […]
Lambard’s Archaion 威廉·兰巴德〔William Lambarde〕(1536-1601)有关英格兰高等法院的论文 1635年出版。
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（薪金、工资、工时）明细表 英语：schedule (salaries, wages, hours) 法语：grille des salaires, grille indiciaire, grille horaire 德语：tabellarischer Anhang (zu einem Vertrag), Zusatzliste 意大利语：tabella, prospetto 西班牙语：lista, escala
adulterium (ad-[schwa]l-teer-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman & civil law. 1. The crime of adultery. 2. A punishment imposed for the offense of adultery. “Adulterium…. [A]dultery … was considered a criminal offense only when committed by a married woman (adultera) …. [Before the Lex Julia de adulteriis coercendis of 18 B.C.], customary law admitted only immediate revenge
An agent who is appointed by a principal to act in a primary agent’s stead if the primary agent is unable or unwilling to perform.
homicidium (hom-[schwa]-sI-dee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin “felling of a person”] Homicide. homicidium ex casu (eks kay-s[y]oo). Homicide by accident. See ACCIDENTAL KILLING. homicidium ex justitia (eks j[schwa]s-tish-ee-[schwa]). Homicide in the administration of justice, or in the carrying out of a legal sentence. See justifiable homicide (2) under HOMICIDE. homicidium ex necessitate (eks n[schwa]-ses-i-tay-tee). Homicide from inevitable necessity,
abandoned, suppressed, or concealed, adj. Patents. Intentionally or accidentally hidden from public notice, not reduced to practice, or not patented. • Another person’s earlier invention will not be considered prior art if the first inventor abandoned the field to others or is held to have lost the right to patent by suppressing or concealing the
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mootness doctrine. The principle that American courts will not decide moot cases — that is, cases in which there is no longer any actual controversy. Cf. RIPENESS. [Cases: Action 6; Appeal and Error 781; Federal Courts 12. 1. C.J.S. Actions §§ 38–45; Appeal and Error § 33.]
A person’s imperfect right to enjoy public land. • A popular use is not legally enforceable. It is dependent on the government’s will to allow access to the land.
joint-check rule. The principle that, when an owner or general contractor issues a check that is made jointly payable to a subcontractor and the subcontractor’s materialman, the materialman’s indorsement on the check certifies that it has been paid all amounts due to it, up to the amount of the check. • This rule protects the