foreign document
A document that originated in, or was prepared or executed in, a foreign state or country.
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contemporaneous construction
An interpretation given at or near the time when a writing was prepared, usu. by one or more persons involved in its preparation. — Also termed practical construction; practical interpretation; contemporaneous and practical interpretation. See CONTEMPORANEOUS-CONSTRUCTION DOCTRINE. [Cases: Contracts 170; Statutes 218, 219(2). C.J.S. Contracts § 340; Statutes §§ 342, 344.]
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veritas
veritas (ver-i-tas or -tahs), n. [Latin] 1. Truth. 2. (cap.) An international institution of maritime underwriters for the survey and rating of vessels. • Founded in Belgium in 1828, it moved to Paris in 1832 and has long been represented all over the world. — Also termed Bureau Veritas.
sign manual
sign manual. 1. SIGNATURE(1). 2. A symbol or emblem, such as a trademark, representing words or an idea.
stealth
stealth. 1. Hist. Theft; an act or instance of stealing. • Etymologically, this term is the noun corresponding to the verb steal. “Stealth is the wrongful taking of goods without pretence of title: and therefore altereth not the property, as a trespass doth, so as upon an appeal the party shall re-have them.” Sir Henry
legislature
legislature. The branch of government responsible for making statutory laws. • The federal government and most states have bicameral legislatures, usu. consisting of a house of representatives and a senate. — Also termed legislative assembly. Cf. EXECUTIVE(1); JUDICIARY(1). [Cases: States 24. C.J.S. States §§ 40–41.]
residual
residual, adj. Of, relating to, or constituting a residue; remaining; leftover (a residual claim) (a residual functional disability). residual, n. 1. A leftover quantity; a remainder. 2. (often pl.) A disability remaining after an illness, injury, or operation. 3. (usu. pl.) A fee paid to a composer or performer for each repeated broadcast (esp. on
ambulance chasing
ambulance-chasing. A blatant form of solicitation in which the lawyer (either personally or through an agent) urges injured people to employ the lawyer to represent them.
natural possession
Civil law. The exercise of physical detention or control over a thing, as by occupying a building or cultivating farmland. • Natural possession may be had without title, and may give rise to a claim of unlawful possession or a claim of ownership by acquisitive prescription. The term “natural possession” has been replaced by the
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