exoneration (eg-zon-[schwa]-ray-sh[schwa]n). 1. The removal of a burden, charge, responsibility, or duty. 2. The right to be reimbursed by reason of having paid money that another person should have paid. 3. The equitable right of a surety — confirmed by statute in many states — to proceed to compel the principal debtor to satisfy the […]
rebellion. 1. Open, organized, and armed resistance to an established government or ruler. 2. Open resistance or opposition to an authority or tradition. 3. Hist. Disobedience of a legal command or summons.
remote a. (1)(在时间、空间或关系上)远的 (2)轻微的 (3)(财产法)迟于死后的二十一年(→rule against perpetuities) remote 2 a. (1)(在时间、空间或关系上)远的 (2)轻微的 (3)(财产法)迟于死后的二十一年(→rule against perpetuities)
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. A treaty designed to unify and streamline patent prosecutions and trademark applications among the signatories. • The Convention eased the harsh effects of the first-to-file priority rule by allowing an applicant in any member country one year in which to apply in other member countries while maintaining
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prescribe, vb. 1. To dictate, ordain, or direct; to establish authoritatively (as a rule or guideline). 2. To claim ownership through prescription. 3. To invalidate or otherwise make unenforceable through prescription. 4. To become invalid or otherwise unenforceable through prescription.
The meaning attributed to a document (usu. by a court) by giving the words their ordinary sense, without referring to extrinsic indications of the author’s intent. — Also termed ordinary meaning. See PLAIN-MEANING RULEE. [Cases: Contracts 152. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 307, 318–322, 327, 331.]
delectus personae (di-lek-t[schwa]s p[schwa]r-soh-nee). [Latin “choice of the person”] The rule that when personal relations are important, a person cannot be compelled to associate with another person. • Based on this principle, a partner has the right to accept or reject a candidate proposed as a new partner.
unwritten law. Law that, although never enacted in the form of a statute or ordinance, has the sanction of custom. • The term traditionally includes caselaw. — Also termed jus non scriptum; jus ex non scripto; lex non scripta; jus moribus constitutum. “[T]he very words of the court promulgating the opinion and making the decision
missing person. 1. Someone whose whereabouts are unknown and, after a reasonable time, seem to be unascertainable. 2. Someone whose continuous and unexplained absence entitles the heirs to petition a court to declare the person dead and to divide up the person’s property. See SEVEN-YEARS’-ABSENCE RULE . Cf. DISAPPEARED PERSON. [Cases: Death 2. C.J.S. Death
lex marityma (leks mair-i-tee-m[schwa]). Hist. The body of customs, usage, and local rules governing seagoing commerce that developed in the maritime countries of medieval Europe.