mortuary. 1. A place where cadavers are prepared for burial; a place where dead bodies are held before burial. [Cases: Dead Bodies 2. C.J.S. Dead Bodies § 4.] 2. A burial place. 3. Hist. A customary gift left by a deceased to a parish church for past tithes owed. — Also termed (in sense 3) […]
financial statement. 1. A balance sheet, income statement, or annual report that summarizes an individual’s or organization’s financial condition on a specified date or for a specified period by reporting assets and liabilities. — Also termed financial report. Cf. FINANCING STATEMENT. certified financial statement. A financial statement examined and reported by an independent public or
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quadruplicatio (kwah-dr[schwa]-pli-kay-shee-oh), n. [fr. Latin quadruplicatus “quadrupled”] 1. Roman law & civil law. A defendant’s pleading, following the triplicatio and similar to the rebutter at common law; the third defensive pleading. — Also termed quadruplication; (in old Scots law) quadruply. 2. Roman law. A plaintiff’s pleading, following the triplicatio, the replicatio, and the exceptio. Pl.
directory, n. 1. A book containing an alphabetical list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers, esp. those of a city’s or area’s residents and businesses. [Cases: Telecommunications 269. C.J.S. Telegraphs, Telephones, Radio, and Television § 120.] 2. Any organization’s publication containing information on its members or business, such as a legal directory. 3. Eccles. law.
displacement. 1. Removal from a proper place or position (displacement of a file) (displacement of an officer). 2. A replacement; a substitution ( displacement of the lawyer with another). 3. A forced removal of a person from the person’s home or country, esp. because of war (displacement of refugees). 4. A shifting of emotional emphasis
Advanced Television Enhancement Forum. A standard-setting organization that defines the protocols for HTML-based enhanced television. • The organization is an alliance of representatives from broadcast and cable networks, the consumer electronics and personal-computer industries, and television-transport companies. — Abbr. ATVEF.
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Restatement. One of several influential treatises published by the American Law Institute describing the law in a given area and guiding its development. • The Restatements use a distinctive format of black-letter rules, official comments, illustrations, and reporter’s notes. Although the Restatements are frequently cited in cases and commentary, a Restatement provision is not binding
Association of Legal Writing Directors. A nonprofit corporation composed of the directors and former directors of law-school legal-writing programs, mostly in the United States. • Created in 1996 to improve those programs, it supports research and scholarship; holds a biennial conference; conducts (with the Legal Writing Institute) an annual survey of the programs; maintains a
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white book. 1. Hist. (cap.) ALBUS LIBER. 2. A government report bound in white, common esp. in European and papal affairs.
taxpayers’ bill of rights. Federal legislation granting taxpayers specific rights when dealing with the Internal Revenue Service, such as the right to have representation and the right to receive written notice of a levy 30 days before enforcement.
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