homologation (h[schwa]-mol-[schwa]-gay-sh[schwa]n).Civil law. 1. Confirmation, esp. of a court granting its approval to some action. 2. The consent inferred by law from a party’s failure, for a ten-day period, to complain of an arbitrator’s sentence, of an appointment of a syndic (or assignee) of an insolvent, or of a settlement of successions. 3. The approval […]
A condition that requires some act, such as paying rent. — Also termed affirmative condition.
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illegality, n. 1. An act that is not authorized by law. 2. The state of not being legally authorized. “A contract made ultra vires is void; but not [strictly speaking] on the ground of illegality. Lord Cairns … takes exception to the use of the term ‘illegality,’ pointing out that it is not the object
Civil law. 1. A legal nullity that can be cured by confirmation because the object of the nullity is valid. • The nullity may be invoked only by those parties for whose interest it was established. See La. Civ. Code art. 2031. 2. The state of such a nullity.
search warrant 搜查证；搜查令 由法官或治安法官签发的，授权执法官员〔law enforcement officer〕对指定的某人身体或某一处所进行搜查并扣押有关证据的命令。通常依搜查令可以扣押的物品包括武器、违禁品、犯罪所得、犯罪工具以及其他犯罪证据。所以该词也称搜查与扣押令〔search-and-seizure warrant〕。美国宪法第四条修正案规定，除非依宣誓或确认〔oath or affirmation〕存在可成立的理由〔probable cause〕，并对将要搜查的场所和要扣押的人或物有详细的描述，不得签发搜查证。
证明 英语：attestation 法语：attestation 德语：Beglaubigung, Beurkundung 意大利语：attestato, autenticazione 西班牙语：certificación, confirmación, atestado
voucher, n. 1. Confirmation of the payment or discharge of a debt; a receipt. 2. A written or printed authorization to disburse money. 3. Hist. A person who calls on another person (the vouchee) as a witness, esp. in support of a warranty of title. 4. Hist. The tenant in a writ of right.