Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act. Hist. A 1930 protectionist statute that raised tariff rates on most articles imported into the U.S., and provoked U.S. trading partners to institute comparable tariff increases. • This Act is often cited as a factor in precipitating and spreading the Great Depression. The Act was named for the legislators who sponsored it, […]
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(索赔)优先级 英语：ranking (of claims) 法语：rang, priorité 德语：Rangfolge, Priorität 意大利语：graduatoria, ordine di preferenza (dei crediti) 西班牙语：orden de importancia
jus stapulae (j[schwa]s stay-py[schwa]-lee), n. [Law Latin “right of staple”] Civil law. A town’s right or privilege of stopping imported merchandise and forcing it to be offered for sale in its own market. See STAPLE.
novodamus (noh-v[schwa]-day-m[schwa]s), n. [Latin novo damus “we grant anew”] Scots law. 1. A clause in a charter that progressively grants certain rights anew. • The phrase appeared in reference to any charter by which a superior renewed a previous land grant to a vassal. 2. A charter containing such a clause. “This clause is subjoined
The degree of care a person gives to matters of minor importance; the degree of care given by a person of limited accountability.
Int’l law. The principle that once the owner of an intellectual-property right has placed a product covered by that right into the marketplace, the right to control how the product is resold within that internal market is lost. • Within a common market, such as the European Union, the doctrine also applies to the import
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Court of Arches. Eccles. law. The ecclesiastical court of the province of Canterbury, responsible for appeals from provincial diocesan courts. • The Pope heard appeals from the Court of Arches until the break with Rome prompted a transfer of the appellate jurisdiction to the Court of Delegates. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council now
jurisprude (joor-is-prood), n. 1. A person who makes a pretentious display of legal knowledge or who is overzealous about the importance of legal doctrine. 2. JURISPRUDENT.
Hadley v. Baxendale rule. Contracts. The principle that consequential damages will be awarded for breach of contract only if it was foreseeable at the time of contracting that this type of damage would result from the breach. Hadley v. Baxendale, 9 Exch. 341 (1854). • Hadley v. Baxendale is best known for its impact on
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indulto (in-d[schwa]l-toh). [Spanish] 1. A pardon or amnesty. 2. Hist. A duty paid on imported goods to the Spanish or Portuguese Crown.