Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responsible for conducting medical research and for responding to public-health emergencies. • It was established by Department reorganization in 1999. — Abbr. CDC.
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stealth. 1. Hist. Theft; an act or instance of stealing. • Etymologically, this term is the noun corresponding to the verb steal. “Stealth is the wrongful taking of goods without pretence of title: and therefore altereth not the property, as a trespass doth, so as upon an appeal the party shall re-have them.” Sir Henry
hovering act. Int’l law. A statute applying to a coastal country’s criminal jurisdiction over ships, and persons aboard those ships, when the ships are outside the country’s territory. “The notion of hovering acts evolved long before that of a belt of uniform width in the form of territorial waters. Great Britain’s first anti-smuggling legislation to
feasibility standard. Bankruptcy. The requirement that, to obtain bankruptcy-court approval, a Chapter 11 reorganization plan must be workable and have a reasonable likelihood of success. [Cases: Bankruptcy 3559. C.J.S. Bankruptcy § 393.]
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chivalry (shiv-[schwa]l-ree). Hist. Tenure held by knight-service; tenure in which a person held land in ex-change for military service of the highest order. See KNIGHT-SERVICE. “Chivalry is a tenure of land by knight’s service: for the better understanding whereof it is to be known, that there is no land but is held mediately or immediately
National Credit Union Administration. An independent federal agency that charters, insures, supervises, and examines federal credit unions; administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund and the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund; and manages the Central Liquidity Facility, a separate mixed-ownership government corporation that supplies emergency loans to member credit unions. • The agency was
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corruption of blood. A defunct doctrine, now considered unconstitutional, under which a person loses the ability to inherit or pass property as a result of an attainder or of being declared civilly dead. — Also termed corruption of the blood. See ATTAINDER; civil death (1) under DEATH. “Corruption of blood is, when any one is
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rehabilitation, n. 1. Criminal law. The process of seeking to improve a criminal’s character and outlook so that he or she can function in society without committing other crimes (rehabilitation is a traditional theory of criminal punishment, along with deterrence and retribution). Cf. DETERRENCE; RETRIBUTION(1). [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 45. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1458,
in consideratione inde (in k[schwa]n-sid-[schwa]-ray-shee-oh-nee in-dee). [Law Latin] In consideration thereof.
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swap, n. Commercial law. 1. An exchange of one security for another. 2. A financial transaction between two parties, usu. involving an intermediary or dealer, in which payments or rates are exchanged over a specified period and according to specified conditions. currency swap. An agreement to swap specified payment obligations denominated in one currency for