teamwork. Work done by a team; esp., work by a team of animals as a substantial part of one’s business, such as farming, express carrying, freight hauling, or transporting material. • In some jurisdictions, animals (such as horses) that work in teams are exempt from execution on a civil judgment.
wreckfree, adj. (Of a port, etc.) exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels to the Crown.
wardwit, n. Hist. 1. An immunity or exemption from the duty of warding or contributing to warding. 2. A fine for failing to watch and ward. — Also termed warwit; wardwite.
hedagium (h[schwa]-day-jee-[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin] Hist. A toll or custom due at a wharf for landing goods. • The Crown exempted particular persons and societies from this toll.
servitiis acquietandis (s[schwa]r-vish-ee-is [schwa]-kwI-[schwa]-tan-dis), n. [Law Latin “for being quit of service”] Hist. A writ exempting a person from performing certain services, either because they are not due or because they are due someone other than the distrainor.
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judgment lien 判决留置权 对败诉债务人的不享有扣押豁免权的财产〔nonexempt property〕设定的留置权，胜诉债权人有权据此扣押债务人的财产以实现其判决确定的债权。也称作lien of judgment。
Failure to provide medical, dental, or psychiatric care that is necessary to prevent or to treat serious physical or emotional injury or illness. • In determining whether a parent’s refusal to consent to medical treatment is neglectful, courts use any of three approaches: (1) an ad hoc test, (2) a best-interests-of-the-child test, or (3) a
bad-boy disqualification. Securities. An issuer’s disqualification from certain SEC-registration exemptions as a result of the issuer’s securities-law violations.
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save, vb. 1. To preserve from danger or loss (save a ship in distress). 2. To lay up; to hoard (save money). 3. To toll or suspend (the operation, running, etc.) of something (save a statute of limitations). 4. To except, reserve, or exempt (a right, etc.) (to save vested rights). 5. To lessen or
nonleviable (non-lev-ee-[schwa]-b[schwa]l), adj. (Of property or assets) exempt from execution, seizure, forfeiture, or sale, as in bankruptcy. See HOMESTEAD LAW. [Cases: Exemptions 1; Homestead 1.]