fertile-octogenarian rule. The legal fiction, assumed under the rule against perpetuities, that a woman can become pregnant as long as she is alive. • The case that gave rise to this fiction was Jee v. Audley, 1 Cox 324, 29 Eng. Rep. 1186 (ch. 1787). See W. Barton Leach, Perpetuities: New Hampshire Defertilizes Octogenarians, 77 […]
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index offenses 〈美〉指标犯罪；列入统计指数的罪行 联邦调查局〔FBI〕每年在其统一犯罪报告〔Uniform Crime Reports〕中公布该年罪案发生指数的八种重罪，包括谋杀、强奸、抢劫、夜盗、加重的企图伤害、超过一定数额的偷盗、纵火和偷盗机动车。
The act or an instance of falsely representing another’s product as one’s own in an attempt to deceive potential buyers. — Also termed reverse palming off.
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Life insurance characterized by (1) a small death benefit (usu. $2,000 or less), (2) premium payments that are due weekly, biweekly, or monthly and that are collected at home by the insurer’s representative, and (3) no required medical examination of the insured. — Sometimes shortened to industrial insurance.
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quominus (kwoh-m[schwa]-n[schwa]s or kwoh-mI-n[schwa]s). [Latin quo minus “by which the less”] Hist. A 14th-century Exchequer writ alleging that the plaintiff had lent the defendant a sum of money and that the plaintiff was unable to repay a debt of similar amount to the Crown because of the debt to the defendant. • In effect, the
Money that represents the initial investment in a sole proprietorship.
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The mental ability that a person must have to prepare a valid will. • This capacity is often described as the ability to recognize the natural objects of one’s bounty, the nature and extent of one’s estate, and the fact that one is making a plan to dispose of the estate after death. Traditionally, the
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counterplea n. 反答辩 在英国的不动产诉讼中，被告在答辩中请求传某人到庭对其权利予以担保或请求由产业更大者予以支持或第三人对该土地主张权利，这些都被称为反答辩。若被告的请求得到法庭许可，担保人到庭并要求被告说明为什么要其作担保的理由，被告陈述了自己的理由后，担保人针对其陈述所作的关于自己不应为其作担保的答辩，即被称为担保的反答辩。 (→replication)