farmout agreement. Oil & gas. An agreement by which one who owns an oil-and-gas lease (the farmoutor or farmor) agrees to assign to another (the farmoutee or farmee) an interest in the lease in return for drilling and testing operations on the lease. • For the farmor, the agreement either (1) maintains the lease by […]
Lambeth degree 〈英〉(古)兰贝斯学位 指坎特伯雷大主教根据1534年的制定法授予的学位，包括艺术、神学、法律和医学专业。被授予学位者不一定要经过考试，可穿着授予学位的大主教所属的大学(牛津或剑桥)的学位礼袍。被授予兰贝斯医学学位并不立即能使该人有登记开业行医的资格，冒称已登记或已被承认为医生是犯罪行为。此种学位的授予有损于牛津大学和剑桥大学。
Murder that is not aggravated by any of the circumstances of first-degree murder. — Also termed murder of the second degree; murder two. [Cases: Homicide 544.]
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antenuptial agreement 婚前协定；婚前协议 意欲缔结婚姻的男女在计议婚姻时达成的协定，其内容主要是解决当婚姻由于离婚或配偶一方死亡而终止时的扶养、财富分配和财产分割问题。 (→antenuptial contract; antenuptial settlement)
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A court’s dismissal of a lawsuit with the acquiescence of all parties. • Among other possibilities, the parties may have settled out of court or chosen to have their dispute arbitrated or mediated. — Also termed agreed dismissal.
parol agreement 口头协议；口头合同 可以指非书面或只有部分书面的合同，即：１指口头而非书面的协议。２就要式合同而言，可指未盖印的书面合同，即简单合同〔simple contract〕，与盖印的完成要式〔specialty〕的书面合同相对。(→parol contract)
second-degree murder 〈美〉二级谋杀罪 大多数州把谋杀罪分为两级，个别州不分等级或分为三级。凡对谋杀罪划分为两个等级的刑法，二级谋杀罪的范围就是「除一级谋杀罪以外的其他谋杀罪」。具体包括：１无预谋的目的谋杀；２全部故意重伤谋杀，不论故意重伤是否有预谋；３全部极端轻率谋杀；４一级谋杀罪列举的重罪以外的重罪-谋杀。对二级谋杀罪通常处以终身监禁。 (=murder in the second degree)
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mal gree (mal gree). [Law French “against the will”] Hist. Against the will; without consent.
double taxation agreement (or treaty) 双重征税协定(或条约) 国家之间缔结的避免双重征税的国际条约，规定居住在一国的个人或公司在另一国的收入不得同时在两国被征税。
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degree of crime. 1. A division or classification of a single crime into several grades of guilt, according to the circumstances surrounding the crime’s commission, such as aggravating factors present or the type of injury suffered. [Cases: Criminal Law 28. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 9, 13.] 2. A division of crimes generally, such as felonies