remanentia
remanentia (rem-[schwa]-nen-shee-[schwa]). [Law Latin] Hist. A remainder or perpetuity.
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alter ego
alter ego. A corporation used by an individual in conducting personal business, the result being that a court may impose liability on the individual by piercing the corporate veil when fraud has been perpetrated on someone dealing with the corporation. See PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL. [Cases: Corporations 1.4(4). C.J.S. Corporations § 12.]
misdemeanor manslaughter
misdemeanor manslaughter. See MANSLAUGHTER. MISDEMEANOR-MANSLAUGHTER RULE misdemeanor-manslaughter rule. The doctrine that a death occurring during the commission of a misdemeanor (or sometimes a nondangerous felony) is involuntary manslaughter. • Many states and the Model Penal Code have abolished this rule. Cf. FELONY-MURDER RULE. [Cases: Homicide 620–652.] “Companion to the felony-murder rule is the so-called misdemeanor-manslaughter
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jactitation of marriage
jactitation of marriage. Hist. 1. False and actionable boasting or claiming that one is married to another. 2. An action against a person who falsely boasts of being married to the complainant. “Jactitation of marriage is a cause of action which arises when a person falsely alleges that he or she is married to the
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fertile octogenarian rule
fertile-octogenarian rule. The legal fiction, assumed under the rule against perpetuities, that a woman can become pregnant as long as she is alive. • The case that gave rise to this fiction was Jee v. Audley, 1 Cox 324, 29 Eng. Rep. 1186 (ch. 1787). See W. Barton Leach, Perpetuities: New Hampshire Defertilizes Octogenarians, 77
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rente
rente (rawnt), n. [French “income, rent”] French law. 1. Annual income or rent. rente foncière (fawn-syair) [French “ground rent”] A rent that is payable for the use of land and is perpetual. rente viagère (vee-ah-zhair). [French “life rent”] A rent charge or annuity that is payable for life; a life interest or annuity. 2. (usu.
attendant circumstance
A fact that is situationally relevant to a particular event or occurrence. • A fact-finder often reviews the attendant circumstances of a crime to learn, for example, the perpetrator’s motive or intent.
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judicia publica
judicia publica (joo-dish-ee-[schwa] p[schwa]b-li-k[schwa]). [Latin] Roman law. The jurisdiction of the quaestiones perpetuae. See QUAESTIO PERPETUA.
stock control
stock control. A system of inventory management by which a business maintains perpetual records of its inventory.
finger
finger, vb. Slang. To identify (a person) as a perpetrator, usu. of a crime (in his grand-jury testimony, Vinson fingered Bauer as the gunman).