disturbance of a public meeting. The unlawful interference with the proceedings of a public assembly. [Cases: Disturbance of Public Assemblage 1. C.J.S. Disturbance of Public Meetings § 3.] “Generally speaking, any conduct which, being contrary to the usages of the particular sort of meeting and class of persons assembled, interferes with its due progress and […]
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quotation. 1. A statement or passage that is exactly reproduced, attributed, and cited. 2. The amount stated as a stock’s or commodity’s current price. market quotation. The most current price at which a security or commodity trades. [Cases: Exchanges 13.] 3. A contractor’s estimate for a given job. — Sometimes shortened to quote. [Cases: Contracts
A tax on a property transfer that skips a generation. • The tax limits the use of generation-skipping techniques as a means of avoiding estate taxes. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4220. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 576–578.]
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A bill that authorizes governmental expenditures. • The federal government cannot spend money unless Congress has appropriated the funds. U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 7. — Also termed spending bill. See APPROPRIATION(2), (3). [Cases: United States 85. C.J.S. United States §§ 156–158.]
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continuing-jurisdiction doctrine. 1. The rule that a court retains power to enter and enforce a judgment over a party even though that party is no longer subject to a new action. [Cases: Courts 30. C.J.S. Courts §§ 71–73.] 2. Family law. The rule that once a court has acquired jurisdiction over a child-custody or support
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Hist. The legal termination of a particular marriage, enacted by the legislature rather than by a court. • In the 18th century, Colonial American legislatures granted these special statutes. In 1816, the House of Burgesses of Virginia granted a divorce to Rachel Robards Jackson, the wife of then President Andrew Jackson, from a former spouse.
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A restriction that causes an estate to end automatically and revert to the grantor upon the happening of a specified event. See fee simple determinable under FEE SIMPLE. [Cases: Deeds 125, 126, 130. C.J.S. Deeds §§ 246, 249.]
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governmental immunity. See sovereign immunity under IMMUNITY(1). GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUMENTALITY governmental instrumentality. A constitutionally or legislatively created agency that is immune from certain kinds of liability, as for taxes or punitive damages. [Cases: United States 53. C.J.S. United States §§ 83, 88–95.]
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Indian tribe. A group, band, nation, or other organized group of indigenous American people, including any Alaskan native village, that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the U.S. government because of Indian status (42 USCA § 9601(36)); esp., any such group having a federally recognized governing body that carries