proximate damages
Damages directly, immediately, and naturally flowing from the act complained of. Cf. speculative damages (1). [Cases: Damages 18. C.J.S. Damages §§ 23–25, 27.]
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in full life
in full life. (Of a person) alive in fact and in law; neither naturally nor civilly dead.
interpreter
interpreter. A person who translates, esp. orally, from one language to another; esp., a person who is sworn at a trial to accurately translate the testimony of a witness who is deaf or who speaks a foreign language. [Cases: Criminal Law 642; Trial 22; Witnesses 230. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1152; Trial § 95; Witnesses
prestable
prestable (pres-t[schwa]-b[schwa]l), adj. Scots law. 1. Payable. 2. Enforceable; exigible. • This term appears generally in reference to a debt. Cf. EXIGIBLE.
a latere
a latere (ay lat-[schwa]-ree). [Latin] From the side; collaterally. • This term was formerly used to denote collateral succession rather than lineal succession.
bayh–dole act
Bayh–Dole Act. Patents. A federal statute that permits the U.S. Government to take title to or require licensing of nongovernmental inventions made by small businesses and nonprofit organizations while participating in federally funded programs. • Under the Act, an entity funded by the federal government must timely disclose any invention made in the course of
nomen
nomen (noh-men or -m[schwa]n), n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. A personal name. • A Roman citizen generally had three names: a praenomen (“first name”), a nomen (“the name of the family group”), and cognomen (“a surname”). 2. Hist. A person’s first name. 3. More broadly, any name. Pl. nomina. See AGNOMEN. nomen collectivum (noh-men kol-[schwa]k-tI-v[schwa]m).
loitering
loitering, n. The criminal offense of remaining in a certain place (such as a public street) for no apparent reason. • Loitering statutes are generally held to be unconstitutionally vague. Cf. VAGRANCY. [Cases: Disorderly Conduct 1; Vagrancy 1. C.J.S. Disorderly Conduct §§ 2–5; Vagrancy §§ 2–12, 22–27, 31–32, 35–37.] — loiter, vb.
mortmain statute
mortmain statute. A law that limits gifts and other dispositions of land to corporations (esp. charitable ones) and that prohibits corporations from holding land in perpetuity. • In England, laws such as the Provisions of Westminster and Magna Carta essentially required the Crown’s authorization before land could vest in a corporation. The object was to
shelter doctrine
shelter doctrine. Commercial law. The principle that a person to whom a holder in due course has transferred commercial paper, as well as any later transferee, will succeed to the rights of the holder in due course. • As a result, transferees of holders in due course are generally not subject to defenses against the