A loan providing that a lender will not be repaid if the cargo is damaged or lost because of a navigational peril, but that the lender will be repaid plus interest if the cargo arrives safely or is damaged because of the carrier’s negligence. — Also termed marine loan.
lex de responsis prudentium (leks dee ri-spon-sis proo-den-shee-[schwa]m). [Latin “law on the replies of the jurisprudents”] See CITATIONS, LAW OF.
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foster-care review board. A panel of screened and trained volunteers who routinely review cases of children placed in foster care, examine efforts at permanency planning, and report to the court. [Cases: Infants 17, 226. C.J.S. Adoption of Persons §§ 10–12; Infants §§ 8–9.]
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An additional reference to a case that has been reported in more than one reporter. • For example, whereas a Bluebook citation reads “Morgan v. United States, 304 U.S. 1 (1938),” the same reference including parallel citations reads “Morgan v. United States, 304 U.S. 1, 58 S.Ct. 773, 82 L.Ed. 1129 (1938),” in which the
assembly n. (1)集合；集会 指为某一共同目的而组织和联合起来的群体。 (→unlawful assembly) (2)〈美〉(某些州)州议会下院(→House of Representatives)
reconsider, vb. To discuss or take up (a matter) again (legislators voted to reconsider the bill). • Under parliamentary law, a motion to reconsider sets aside a certain vote already taken and restores the motion on which the vote is being reconsidered to its status immediately before the vote occurred. Making a motion to reconsider
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act. A model act designed to bring uniformity among the states regarding the definition of, and penalties for, fraudulent transfers. • This act was adopted in 1984 to replace the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyances Act. — Abbr. UFTA. [Cases: Fraudulent Conveyances 2.]
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lex Hostilia de furtis (leks hos-til-ee-[schwa] dee f[schwa]r-tis). [Latin] Roman law. A law of the early Republic providing that the state could prosecute a person for theft on behalf of an owner when the owner was captive or abroad. • This affected the actiones legis. See LEGIS ACTIO.
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European Currency Unit. A monetary unit that was the precursor of the euro. • Created in 1979, it was an artificial currency used by the members of the European Union as their internal accounting unit. It ceased to exist in January 1999, when it was replaced by the euro. — Abbr. ECU; ecu.
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