dediticii (ded-i-tish-ee-Ior dee-di-tI-shee-I), n. pl.[Latin “those who have surrendered”] Roman law. The lowest class of freemen whose members were ineligible for Roman citizenship, including enemies granted freedom in exchange for surrender, or, under the Lex Aelia Sentia, manumitted slaves convicted of a crime in a court, or branded or put in chains by their former […]
A person with general power involving the exercise of judgment and discretion, as opposed to an ordinary agent who acts under the direction and control of the principal. — Also termed business agent. [Cases: Principal and Agent 50.]
probable cause. 1. Criminal law. A reasonable ground to suspect that a person has committed or is committing a crime or that a place contains specific items connected with a crime. • Under the Fourth Amendment, probable cause — which amounts to more than a bare suspicion but less than evidence that would justify a
A motion specifically requiring the court’s discretion upon hearing, as distinguished from one granted as a matter of course. [Cases: Motions 36. C.J.S. Motions and Orders §§ 34–35, 37.]
application for leave to appeal. A motion requesting an appellate court to hear a party’s appeal from a judgment when the party has no appeal by right or when the party’s time limit for an appeal by right has expired. • The reviewing court has discretion whether to grant or reject such a motion. [Cases:
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The status or condition of being treated fairly according to regularly established norms of justice; esp., in British constitutional law, the notion that all persons are subject to the ordinary law of the land administered by the ordinary law courts, that officials and others are not exempt from the general duty of obedience to the
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mandatory waiver. The mandatory transfer, without judicial discretion, of a case from juvenile court to criminal court once the prosecutor has charged a juvenile with one of certain statutorily enumerated serious crimes. See TRANSFER STATUTE. Cf. STATUTORY EXCLUSION.
aditio hereditatis ([schwa]-dish-ee-oh h[schwa]-red-i-tay-tis). [Latin “entering on an inheritance”] Roman law. An heir’s acceptance of an inheritance. — Also spelled aditio haereditatis. See CRETION.
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滥用自由裁量权 英语：abuse of discretion 法语：abus de pouvoir discrétionnaire 德语：Ermessensmissbrauch 意大利语：eccesso di potere 西班牙语：abuso de poder, extralimitación de funciones
imperceptible process 难以察觉的过程 与添附〔accretion〕规则有关的术语，指添附发生的过程难以被察觉，尽管经过较长一段时间后还是能被察觉。
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