jus crediti (j[schwa]s kred-i-tI). [Latin “the right of credit”] Roman & Scots law. A creditor’s right to a debt; a creditor’s right to recover a debt through legal process. Cf. JUS EXIGENDI. “[T]he term is frequently used in contradistinction to a mere spes, or defeasible expectancy. This jus crediti is often of great importance; for […]
FAS.abbr. 1. FREE ALONGSIDE SHIP. 2. FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME. 3. FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE . fas (fas), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. Moral law of divine origin; divine law. • Jus, by contrast, is created by man. See JUS. 2. What is right, proper, lawful, and permitted. Cf. NEFAS. “The first element to be noted in
prisoner. 1. A person who is serving time in prison. 2. A person who has been apprehended by a law-enforcement officer and is in custody, regardless of whether the person has yet been put in prison. Cf. CAPTIVE(1). “While breach of prison, or prison breach, means breaking out of or away from prison, it is
surveyor of the port. Hist. A U.S. customs revenue officer appointed for each principal port of entry to oversee the inspection and valuation of imports. • The office was abolished in 1953.
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entry at customhouse (1)海关报关 船舶上的高级船员在海关出示法律上要求的文件，或向海关机构提供关于船上装运的货物的情况，以获取在该海关港口靠岸卸货的许可。 (2)货物进口报关单 进口商品的收货人或其代理人按规定所作的提交海关的关于进口物品的情况的书面说明，为此确定应交纳的关税和办理正式的检验、检疫、估价和清算手续。也可指某人进入另一国国境时在海关提交的关于他所携带入境的物品的清单。 (→entry of imports)
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par value. The value of an instrument or security as shown on its face; esp., the arbitrary dollar amount assigned to a stock share by the corporate charter, or the principal of a bond. — Often shortened to par. — Also termed face amount; face value; nominal value; stated value. [Cases: Corporations 99(3). C.J.S. Corporations
nul tort (n[schwa]l tort), n. [Law French “no wrong”] Hist. A type of general denial in an action to recover lands and tenements, by which the defendant claims that no wrong was done. See NUL DISSEISIN. “The general issue, or general plea, is what traverses, thwarts, and denies at once the whole declaration; without offering
Madrid Agreement. Trademarks. 1. An 1890 treaty establishing a system for the international registration of trademarks. • The agreement’s official name is the Madrid Arrangement Concerning the International Registration of Marks. A product of the Madrid Revision Conference of the Paris Convention in 1890, it was last revised in 1967. Under this treaty’s registration system,
protectionism. The protection of domestic businesses and industries against foreign competition by imposing high tariffs and restricting imports. — protectionist, adj.