poenae secundarum nuptiarum (pee-nee sek-[schwa]n-dair-[schwa]m n[schwa]p-shee-air-[schwa]m). [Latin “penalties of second marriages”] Roman law. Disabilities that, for the protection of children of a first marriage, are imposed on a parent who remarries. “If either parent re-married, the interests of the children of the first marriage were protected (in the later Roman Empire) by a number of […]
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In a multiparty case, diversity between both sides to the lawsuit so that all plaintiffs have different citizenship from all defendants. • Complete diversity must exist for a federal court to have diversity jurisdiction over the matter. The rule of complete diversity was first laid down by Chief Justice Marshall in Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 7
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mark up, vb. 1. To increase (the price of goods, etc.) 2. To revise or amend (a legislative bill, a rule, etc.). 3. To place (a case) on the trial calendar.
comment, n. 1. NOTE(2). 2. An explanatory statement made by the drafters of a particular statute, code section, or rule. [Cases: Statutes 211.] — commentator, n.
Code of Hammurabi (hah-m[schwa]-rah-bee or ham-[schwa]-). The oldest known written legal code, produced in Mesopotamia during the rule of Hammurabi (who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C.). • The code consisted of nearly 300 provisions, arranged under headings such as family, trade, real property, personal property, and labor.
statutory instruments 〈英〉《行政立法性文件集》 其原称为《法规与法令集》〔Statutory Rules and Orders〕，1946年《行政立法性文件法》〔Statutory Instruments Act〕通过后改用现称。行政立法性文件为由枢密院、部长以及经授权的其他机关依据法律的授权而制定的法令、条例、规章等次级立法文件的总称。但它不包括临时命令、特别程序命令、地方政府制定的细则〔by-laws〕和一些次级委任立法。
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Justice fairly administered according to rules of substantive law, regardless of any procedural errors not affecting the litigant’s substantive rights; a fair trial on the merits.
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good-faith exception. Criminal procedure. An exception to the exclusionary rule whereby evidence obtained under a warrant later found to be invalid (esp. because it is not supported by probable cause) is nonetheless admissible if the police reasonably relied on the notion that the warrant was valid. • The good-faith exception was adopted by the Supreme
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editus (ed-[schwa]-t[schwa]s), adj. Hist. 1. (Of a statute or rule) enacted; promulgated. 2. (Of a child) born; brought forth.