vente (vawnt or vont). [French] French law. A sale; contract of sale. vente aléatoire (a-lay-[schwa]-twahr). A sale subject to an uncertain event. vente à réméré (ah ray-may-ray). A conditional sale, in which the seller reserves the right to redeem or repurchase at the same price. • The term is used in Louisiana and in some […]
The protection afforded to a client from an accountant’s unauthorized disclosure of materials submitted to or prepared by the accountant. • The privilege is not widely recognized. [Cases: Witnesses 196.2. C.J.S. Witnesses § 356.]
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Illusory Appointment Act. An 1839 English statute providing that no appointment of property is to be declared invalid on grounds that it is illusory. • This statute was repealed and reissued in 1925 as part of the Law of Property Act.
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instructional text. Copyright. A literary, graphic, or pictorial work designed and prepared for use in ordinary teaching activities. See 17 USCA § 101.
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nam (nam), n. [Old English naam] Hist. The act of distraining property. nam (nam or nahm), prep. [Latin] For. “Nam …. This particle is frequently used as introductory to the quotation of a maxim, and sometimes erroneously treated as a part of the maxim quoted.” 2 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 219
A state in which the political, economic, and social life of its citizens is subject to repressive governmental control and arbitrary uses of power by the ruling elite, which uses the police as the instrument of control; a totalitarian state.
depute, n. Scots law. A person appointed to act in an official capacity or as another official’s representative.
economic loss. A monetary loss such as lost wages or lost profits. • The term usu. refers to a type of damages recoverable in a lawsuit. For example, in a products-liability suit, economic loss includes the cost of repair or replacement of defective property, as well as commercial loss for the property’s inadequate value and
jus praetorium (j[schwa]s pri-tor-ee-[schwa]m). [Latin “law of the praetors”] Roman law. The body of law developed through the edicts of the praetors. • This was the mainspring of Republican reform. See PRAETOR; EDICTUM PRAETORIS; JUS HONORARIUM.
agenda. A list of things to be done, as items to be considered at a meeting, usu. arranged in order of consideration. — Also termed calendar; calendar of business; order of business. Cf. PROGRAM(1). consent agenda. See consent calendar under CALENDAR(4). debate agenda. See debate calendar under CALENDAR(4). final agenda. An agenda that a deliberative