An inquiry asking a question about a motion’s merits or effect. • A point of information can be made only to seek information, not to volunteer information. It may request an objective fact or an expert opinion, but may not request anyone — including the chair or the mover — to speculate about how he […]
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Declaration of Paris. An international agreement, signed by Great Britain, France, Turkey, Sardinia, Austria, Prussia, and Russia in 1856 (at the end of the Crimean War), providing that (1) privateering is illegal, (2) with the exception of contraband, a neutral flag covers an enemy’s goods, (3) with the exception of contraband, neutral goods cannot be
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British Constitution 英国宪法 与美国宪法不同，英国宪法并非由单一的文件所组成。它实际上是由英国历史上着名的文件，如《大宪章》〔Magna Carta〕和1689年的《权利法案》〔Bill of Rights〕与英国议会(更早是君主)必须尊重一定的个人权利这种深远的文化背景相融合的产物。也与美国司法审查基本原则允许法院以法律与成文宪法相冲突为由而使该项国会立法无效不同，英国议会至上，它最终仅对选民负责。
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entirety clause. Oil & gas. A mineral-lease or deed provision specifying that royalties must be apportioned if the property is subdivided after the lease is granted. • For the lessee, the clause makes it clear that the lessee’s duties will increase if the lessor transfers a part of the leased premises. For the lessor, the
Marchers. Hist. Lords who lived on the borders of Scotland and Wales, and operated, with the permission of the English sovereigns, under their own private laws. • The laws were eventually abolished by the statute 27 Hen. 8, ch. 26. — Also termed Lords Marchers. “Thus the Lords Marchers were practically independent potentates of a
A contingent estate in which the condition upon which the estate will fail is stated explicitly in the granting instrument.
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FCPV.abbr. Failure to comply with parking-violation (tickets). • If a person has a certain number of unpaid parking tickets (often six) within a jurisdiction, the person will be barred from obtaining or renewing a driver’s license.
unauthorized completion. Commercial law. The act of filling in missing information in a negotiable instrument either without any authority to do so or beyond the authority granted. • Unauthorized completion is a personal defense, so it can be raised against any later holder of the instrument who does not have the rights of a holder
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droit de naufrage (drwah d[schwa] noh-frazh), n. [French] Hist. French law. The right of a sovereign or a lord owning a seashore to seize the wreckage of a shipwreck and kill the crew or sell them as slaves. Cf. DROIT DE BRIS.
Vaughn index. A comprehensive list of all documents that the government wants to shield from disclosure in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation, each document being accompanied by a statement of justification for nondisclosure. • Supported by one or more affidavits, a Vaughn index has three purposes: (1) forcing the government to scrutinize all material