A bill of exchange drawn by a bank in one country on a bank in another country to raise short-term credit. • Finance bills are often issued in tight money periods, and usu. have maturity dates of more than 60 days. — Also termed banker’s bill; working capital acceptance.
accidental killing. Homicide resulting from a lawful act performed in a lawful manner under a reasonable belief that no harm could occur. — Also termed death by misadventure; homicide by misadventure; killing by misad-venture; homicide per infortunium. See justifiable homicide under HOMICIDE; involuntary manslaughter under MANSLAUGHTER. Cf. MALICIOUS KILLING. [Cases: Homicide 762.]
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billa exonerationis (bil-[schwa] ig-zon-[schwa]-ray-shee-oh-nis). [Latin] See BILL OF LADING.
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Tutorship that is created (1) by the will of the parent who dies last, or (2) by any declaration of the surviving father or mother (or the parent who is the curator of the other spouse), executed before a notary and two witnesses. La. Civ. Code art. 257.
ancillary administration 〈美〉附加遗产管理 指死者财产所在地但又非死者住所地(通常在另一州)的遗产管理，目的是在当地集中财产、偿还欠款。又称为「foreign administration」。
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waybill. Maritime law. A document acknowledging the receipt of goods by a carrier or by the shipper’s agent and the contract for the transportation of those goods. • Unlike a bill of lading, a waybill is not a document of title and is nonnegotiable. — Abbr. WB. Cf. BILL OF LADING. air waybill. A waybill
bill in perpetuam rei memoriam. See bill to perpetuate testimony under BILL (2).
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