contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The offense of an adult’s engaging in conduct involving a minor — or in the presence of a minor — likely to result in delinquent conduct. • Examples include encouraging a minor to shoplift, enabling underage drinking, and soliciting sex for money. — Often shortened to contributing to […]
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Bluebook. The citation guide — formerly titled A Uniform System of Citation — that is generally considered the authoritative reference for American legal citations. • The book’s complete title is The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Although it has been commonly called the Bluebook for decades, the editors officially included Bluebook in the title
Hist. 1. An offense not subject to criminal prosecution (such as contempt or violation of a municipal ordinance) but for which penalties or forfeitures can be imposed. • The term includes offenses that give rise to qui tam actions and forfeitures for the violation of a public duty. 2. An offense for which someone other
A defense formerly available only in a court of equity but now maintainable in a court of law. • Examples include mistake, fraud, illegality, failure of consideration, forum non conveniens, laches, estoppel, and unclean hands.
description. 1. A delineation or explanation of something by an account setting forth the subject’s characteristics or qualities (description of a patentable process). 2. A representation by words or drawing of something seen or heard or otherwise experienced (description of the criminal) (description of the accident). 3. An enumeration or specific identification of something (
time. 1. A measure of duration. 2. A point in or period of duration at or during which something is alleged to have occurred. 3. Slang. A convicted criminal’s period of incarceration. dead time. Time that does not count for a particular purpose, such as time not included in calculating an employee’s wages or time
The port at which a voyage is to end. • This term generally includes any stopping places at which the ship receives or unloads cargo.
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retorsion (ri-tor-sh[schwa]n).Int’l law. An act of lawful retaliation in kind for another nation’s unfriendly or unfair act. • Examples of retorsion include suspending diplomatic relations, expelling foreign nationals, and restricting travel rights. — Also spelled retortion. Cf. REPRISAL(2).
case-or-controversy requirement. The constitutional requirement that, for a federal court to hear a case, the case must involve an actual dispute. See CONTROVERSY(3); advisory opinion under OPINION(1). [Cases: Federal Courts 12.] “The courts of the United States do not sit to decide questions of law presented in a vacuum, but only such questions as arise
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A civil wrong that injures many people. • Examples include toxic emissions from a factory, the crash of a commercial airliner, and contamination from an industrial-waste-disposal site. Cf. toxic tort.